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In addition to the standard master text, there is a calendar that allows parties to add or change standard conditions. The timetable is what the negotiators negotiate. The timing negotiation usually takes at least three months, but this may be shorter or longer depending on the complexity of the provisions involved and the parties` ability to react. The master`s agreement was updated in 2002 (known as ISDA Masteragrement 2002). The updated phase of the 1992 agreement has its roots in the succession of crises that affected global financial markets in the late 1990s. These events, including the liquidation of Hong Kong broker Peregrine Investments Holdings Holdings and the 1998 Russian financial crisis, tested ISDA documentation to an extent unknown to date. Although the ISDA documentation withstood this test, ISDA decided to put in place a strategic review of its documentation to see what lessons could be learned from these events. This revision resulted in a complete update to the 1992 agreement, which culminated in the 2002 agreement. The Captain`s Agreement is a document agreed between two parties, which sets standard conditions for all transactions between these parties. Each time a transaction is concluded, the terms of the framework agreement should not be renegotiated and applied automatically. The framework contract is quite long and the negotiation process can be difficult, but once a framework contract is signed, the documentation of future transactions between parties will be reduced to a brief confirmation of the essential terms of the transaction. The framework agreement and timetable define the reasons why one party may impose the closure of covered transactions due to the appearance of a termination event by the other party. Standard termination events include defaults or bankruptcy.

Other closing events that can be added to the calendar include a downgrade of credit data below a specified level. Briggs J. continued (both with respect to the 1992 and 2002 agreements) on the duration of the suspension of the non-failing party`s payment obligations and on the date on which they would eventually be extinguished.