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201 ARBITRATION LAW produce a document, or to make available other evidence required by the arbitral tribunal. Conclusion Provisions of the IBA Rules on admissibility and assessment of evidence aim to draw the lines of distinction between the right of the parties and the authority of the arbitral tribunal. The arbitral tribunal shall determine the admissibility, relevance, materiality and weight of evidence on its own discretion, but within the principles laid down under the IBA Rules. Accordingly, the tribunal may exclude the docu- ments in its own motion, or upon the request of a party, if the grounds for objection under Art. 9.2 are applicable. If these grounds are not applicable, and the party to whom the document production request is addressed abstains from producing the requested documents, then the arbitral tribunal may order document production. If the relevant party does not comply with this order, the arbitral tribunal may draw adverse inferences to the detriment of this party.