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(6) Serve as a forum for consultation between the 

 Parties with respect to annual management measures 

 contemplated for Category C stocks by the Party 

 having management responsibility; 



(7) Recommend to the Parties the amendment of any 

 provision of the Annexes to the Agreement, including 

 the addition or deletion of stocks, the transfer of 

 stocks from one Annex to another , and changes in 

 fishing entitlements and access areas; 



(8) Coordinate the collection of statistics and 

 make recommendations to the Parties for cooperative 

 research programs; 



(9) Determine the amount to be deducted from the 

 entitlement of either Party for the following 

 fishing year or years should either exceed its annual 

 entitlement in a given year. 



In addition to the Commission members, the Commission 

 will have two Co-Chairmen jointly appointed by the Parties. 

 The Co-chairmen may not be nationals of the same Party and 

 will not form part of the national section of either Party. 

 The Co-chairmen will preside over Commission meetings and 

 carry out their duties and responsibilities in an impartial 

 manner. Co-Chairmen will serve initial terms of five years 

 but may be reappointed. Either Party at any time may with- 

 draw its consent to the service of a Co-Chairman; in such 

 case, the Parties jointly will appoint a successor. 



