7. The Court shall give reasons for its ruling on the preliminary objection. Rule 53 Intervention 1. An application for leave to intervene, in accordance with article 5 (2) of the Protocol shall be filed as soon as possible, and, in any case, before the closure of the written proceedings. 2. The application shall state the names of the Applicant’s representatives. It shall specify the case to which it relates, and shall set out: a) the legal interest which, in the view of the State applying to intervene, has been affected; b) the precise object of the intervention; and c) the basis of the jurisdiction which, in the view of the State applying to intervene, exists between it and the parties to the case. 3. The application shall be accompanied by a list of the supporting documents attached thereto and shall be duly reasoned. 4. Certified copies of the application for leave to intervene shall be communicated forthwith to the parties to the case, who shall be entitled to submit their written observations within a time-limit to be fixed by the Court, or by the President if the Court is not in session. The Registrar shall also transmit copies of the application to any other concerned entity mentioned in Rule 35 of these Rules. 5. If the Court rules that the application is admissible, it shall fix a time limit within which the intervening State shall submit its written observations. Such observations shall be forwarded by the Registrar to the parties to the case, who shall be entitled to file 33