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9. At any time after the expiration of one year from the date on 

 which a proposal becomes effective, any Panel Government for the 

 sub-area to which the proposal applies may give to the Depositary 

 Government notice of the termination of its acceptance of the proposal 

 and, if that notice is not withdrawn, the proposal shall cease to be 

 effective for that Panel Government at the end of one year from the 

 date of receipt of the notice by the Depositary Government. At any 

 time after a proposal has ceased to be effective for a Panel Government 

 under this paragraph, the proposal shall cease to be effective for any 

 other Contracting Government upon the date a notice of withdrawal 

 by such Government is received by the Depositary Government. The 

 Depositary Government shall notify all Contracting Governments of 

 every notice under this paragraph immediately upon the receipt 

 thereof. 



Article IX 



The Commission may invite the attention of any or all Contracting 

 Governments to any matters which relate to the objectives and pur- 

 poses of this Convention. 



Article X 



1. The Commission shall seek to establish and maintain working 

 arrangements with other public international organizations which 

 have related objectives, particularly the Food and Agriculture Organ- 

 ization of the United Nations and the International Council for the 

 Exploration of the Sea, to ensure effective collaboration and coordi- 

 nation with respect to their work and, in the case of the International 

 Council for the Exploration of the Sea, the avoidance of duplication 

 of scientific investigations. 



2. The Commission shall consider, at the expiration of two years 

 from the date of entry into force of this Convention, whether or not 

 it should recommend to the Contracting Governments that the Com- 

 mission be brought within the framework of a specialized agency of 

 he United Nations. 



Article XI 



1. Each Contracting Government shall pay the expenses of the Com- 

 missioners, experts and advisers appointed by it. 



2. The Commission shall prepare an annual administrative budget 

 of the proposed necessary administrative expenditures of the Com- 

 mission and an annual special projects budget of proposed expendi- 

 tures on special studies and investigations to be undertaken by or on 

 behalf of the Commission puruant to Article VI or by or on behalf 

 of any Panel pursuant to Article VII. 



3. The Commission shall calculate the payments due from each 

 Contracting Government under the annual administrative budget ac- 

 cording to the following formula : 



(a) from the administrative budget there shall be deducted a 

 sum of 500 United States dollars for each Contracting Govern- 

 ment ; 



(b) the remainder shall be divided into such number of equal 

 shares as corresponds to the total number of Panel memberships ; 



(c) the payment due from any Contracting Government shall 



