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man, Vice-Chairman and Secretary from the national sections shall be made in such a 

 manner as will provide each Contracting Party in turn with representation in those 

 offices. 



7. The Commission shall decide on a convenient place for the establishment of the 

 Commission's headquarters. 



8. Each Contracting Party may establish an Advisory Committee for its national 

 section, to be composed of persons who shall be well infonned concerning North 

 Pacific fishery problems of common concern. Each such Advisory Committee shall be 

 invited to attend all sessions of the Commission except those which the Commission 

 decides to be i)i camera. 



9. The Commission may hold public hearings. Each national section may also hold 

 public hearings within its own country. 



10. The official languages of the Commission shall be Japanese and English. Pro- 

 posals and data may be submitted to the Commission in either language. 



11. Each Contracting Party shall determine and pay the expenses incurred by its 

 national section. Joint expenses incurred by the Commission shall be paid by the 

 Commission through contributions made by the Contracting Parties in the form and 

 proportion recommended by the Commission and approved by the Contracting Parties. 



12. An annual budget of joint expenses shall be recommended by the Commission 

 and submitted to the Contracting Parties for approval. 



13. The Commission shall authorize the disbursement of funds for the joint expenses 

 of the Commission and may employ personnel and acquire facilities necessary for the 

 performance of its functions. 



ARTICLE III 



1. The Commission shall perform the following functions: 



(a) In regard to any stock of fish specified in the Annex, study for the purpose of 

 determining annually whether such stock continties to qualify for abstention 

 under the provisions of Article IV. If the Commission determines that such 

 stock no longer meets the conditions of Article IV, the Commission shall 

 recommend that it be removed from the Annex. Provided, however, that with 

 respect to the stocks of fish originally specified in the Annex, no determination 

 or recommendation as to whether such stock continues to qualify for abstention 

 shall be made for five years after the entry into force of this Convention. 



(b) To permit later additions to the Annex, study, on request of a Contracting 

 Party, any stock of fish of the Convention area, the greater part of which is 

 harvested by one or more of the Contracting Parties, for the purpose of deter- 

 mining whether such stock qualifies for abstention under the provisions of 

 Article IV. If the Commission decides that the particular stock fulfills the 

 conditions of Article IV it shall recommend, (1) that such stock be added to the 

 Annex (2) that the appropriate Party or Parties abstain from fishing such stock 

 and (3) that the Party or Parties participating in the fishing of such stock con- 

 tinue to carry out necessary conservation measures. 



(c) In regard to any stock of fish in the Convention area; 



(i) Study, on request of any Contracting Party concerned, any stock of fish 

 which is under substantial exploitation by two or more of the Contracting 

 Parties, and which is not covered by a conservation agreement between such 

 Parties existing at the time of the conclusion of this Convention, for the pur- 

 pose of determining need for joint conservation measures; 



(ii) Decide and recommend necessary joint conservation measures including 

 any relaxation thereof to be taken as a result of such study. Provided, how- 

 ever, that only the national sections of the Contracting Parties engaged in 



