Agreement under Article 5: A decision of the Joint Committee resulting from prior consultation and evaluation on any Proposed use for inter-basin diversions during the wet sea- son from the mainstream as well as for intrabasin use or interbasin diversions of these waters during the dry season. The objective of this agreement is to achieve an optimum use and prevention of waste of the waters through a dynamic and practical consensus in conformity with the Rules for Water Utilization and Inter,.Basin Diversions set forth in Article 26