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Party shall then take appropriate measures to prevent its nationals 

 and vessels under its fla^ from killing or capturing seals of that 

 species after the estimated date until the Contracting Parties decide 

 otherwise. 



(6) SCAR may if necessary seek the technical assistance of the 

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in making 

 its assessments. 



(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 1 

 the Contracting Parties shall, in accordance with their internal law, 

 report to each other and to SCAR, for consideration statistics relating 

 to the Antarctic seals listed in paragraph (2) of Article 1 which have 

 been killed or captured by their nationals and vessels under their 

 respective flags in the area of floating sea ice north of 60° South 

 Latitude. 



Article 6 



consultations' between contrxvcting parties 



(1) At any time after commercial sealing has begun a Contracting 

 Party may propose through the Depositary that a meeting of Con- 

 tracting Parties be convened with a view to : 



(a) establishing by a two-third majority of the Contracting 

 Parties, including the concurring votes of all States signatory 

 to this Convention present at the meeting, an effective system of 

 control, including inspection, over the implementation of the pro- 

 visions of this Convention ; 



(b) establishing a commission to perform such functions under 

 this Convention as the Contracting Parties may deem neces- 

 sary ; or 



(c) considering other proposals, including: 



(i) the provision of independent scientific advice; 



(ii) the establishment, by a two-thirds majority, of a sci- 

 entific advisory committee which may be assigned some or all 

 of the functions requested of SCAR under this Convention, 

 if commercial sealing reaches significant proportions ; 



(iii) the carrying out of scientific programmes with the 

 participation of the Contracting Parties ; and 



(iv) the provision of further regulatory measures, includ- 

 ing moratoria. 



(2) If one-third of the Contracting Parties indicate agreement the 

 Depositary shall convene such a meeting, as soon as possible. 



(3) A meeting shall be held at the request of any Contracting Party, 

 if SCAR reports that the harvest of any species of Antarctic seal in 

 the area to which this Convention applies is having a significantly 

 liarmful effect on the total stocks or the ecological system in any par- 

 ticular locality. 



Article 7 



REVIEW OF operations 



The Contracting Parties shall meet within five years after the entry 

 into force of this Convention and at least every five years thereafter 

 to review the operation of the Convention. 



