CHAPTER X STAY OF PROCEEDINGS Article 78 1. The proceedings may be stayed: (a) in all cases, by decision of the President adopted after hearing the parties And, save in the case of references for a preliminary ruling. (b) The proceedings may be resumed by order or decision, following the same procedure. (c) The orders or decisions referred to in this paragraph shall be served on the parties. 2. The stay of proceedings shall take effect on the date indicated in the order or Decision of stay or, in the absence of such indication, on the date of that order or decision. 3. While proceedings are stayed time shall cease to run for the purposes of prescribed time limits for all parties. 4. Where the order or decision of stay does not fix the length of stay, it shall end on the date indicated in the order or decision of resumption or, in the absence of such indication, on the date of the order or decision of resumption. 5. From the date of resumptio n time shall begin to run afresh for the purposes of the time limits. TITLE III SPECIAL FORMS OF PROCEDURE CHAPTER 1 SUSPENSION OF OPERATION OR ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER INTERIM MEASURES Article 79 1. An application under Article 20 of the Protocol shall state the subject- matter of the proceedings, the circumstances giving rise to urgency and the pleas of fact and law establishing a prima facie case for the interim measures applied for. 2. The application shall be made by a separate document and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 32 and 33 of these Rules.