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Akticle III 



1. The Commission shall appoint an Executive Secretary accord- 

 ing to such procedure and on such terms as it may determine. 



2. The staff of the Commission shall be appointed by the Executive 

 Secretary in accordance with such rules and procedures as may be 

 determined and authorized by the Commission. 



3. The Executive Secretary shall, subject to the general supervision 

 of the Com m ission, have full power and authority over the staff and 

 shall perform such other functions as the Commission shall prescribe. 



Article IV 



1. The Contracting Governments shall establish and maintain a 

 Panel for each of the sub-areas provided for by Article I, in order 

 to carry out the objectives of this Convention. Each Contracting 

 Government participating in any Panel shall be represented on such 

 Panel by its Commissioner or Commissioners, who msiy be assisted by 

 experts or advisers. Each Panel shall elect from its members a 

 Chairman who shall serve for a period of two years and shall be 

 eligible for reelection but not to a succeeding term. 



2. After this Convention has been in force for two years, but not 

 before that time. Panel representation shall be reviewed annually by 

 the Commission, which shall have the power, subject to consultation 

 with the Panel concerned, to determine representation on each Panel 

 on the basis of current substantial exploitation in the sub-area con- 

 cerned of fishes of the cod group {Gadiformes) ^ of flat-fishes 

 {Pleuronectiformes)^ and of rosefish {genus Sebastes)^ except that 

 each Contracting Government with coastline adjacent to a sub-area 

 shall have the right of representation on the Panel for the sub-area. 



3. Each Panel may adopt, and amend as occasion may require, rules 

 of procedure and by-laws for the conduct of its meetings and for 

 the exercise of its functions and duties. 



4. Each Government participating in a Panel shall have one vote, 

 which shall be cast by a Commissioner representing that Government. 

 Decisions of the Panel shall be taken by a two-thirds majority of the 

 votes of all the Governments participating in that Panel. 



5. Commissioners of Contracting Governments not participating in 

 a particular Panel shall have the right to attend the meetings of such 

 Panel as observers, and may be accompanied by experts and advisers. 



6. The Panels shall, in the exercise of their functions and duties, 

 use the services of the Executive Secretary and the staff of the 

 Commission. 



ARTICL.E V 



1. Each Contracing Government may set up an Advisory Commit- 

 tee composed of persons, including fishermen, vessel owners and others, 

 well informed concerning the problems of the fisheries of the North- 

 west Atlantic Ocean. With the assent of the Contracing Government 

 concerned, a representative or representatives of an Advisory Com- 

 mittee may attend as observers all non-executive meetings of the Com- 

 mission or of any Panel in which their Government participates. 



2. The Commissioners of each Contracing Government may hold 

 public hearings within the territories they represent. 



