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3(a) If any Contracting Party in the case of a recommendation 

 made under paragraph 1 (b) (i) above, or any Contracting Party mem- 

 ber of a Panel concerned in the case of a recommendation made under 

 paragraph 1(b) (ii) or (iii) above, presents to the Commission an 

 objection to such recommendation within the six months period pro- 

 vided for in paragraph 2 above, the recommendation shall not become 

 effective for an additional sixty days. 



(b) Thereupon any other Contracting Party may present an objec- 

 tion prior to the expiration of the additional sixty days period, or 

 within forty-five days of the date of the notification of an objection 

 made by another Contracting Party within such additional sixty days, 

 whichever date shall be the later. 



(c) The recommendation shall become effective at the end of the ex- 

 tended period or periods for objection, except for those Contracting 

 Parties that have presented an objection. 



(d) However, if a recommendation has met with an objection pre- 

 sented by only one or less than one-fourth of the Contracting Parties, 

 in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the Commis- 

 sion shall immediately notify the Contracting Party or Parties having 

 presented such objection that it is to be considered as having no effect. 



(e) In the case referred to in sub-paragraph (d) above the Con- 

 tracting Party or Parties concerned shall have an additional period of 

 sixty days from the date of said notification in which to reaffirm their 

 objection. On the expiry of this period the recommendation shall be- 

 come effective, except with respect to any Contracting Party having 

 presented an objection and reaffirmed it within the delay provided for. 



(f) If a recommendation has met with objection from more than 

 one-fourth but less than the majority of the Contracting Parties, in 

 accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the recommenda- 

 tion shall become effective for the Contracting Parties that have not 

 presented an objection thereto. 



(g) If objections have been presented by a majority of the Contract- 

 ing Parties the recommendation shall not become effective. 



4. Any Contracting Party objecting to a recommendation may at 

 any time withdraw that objection, and the recommendation shall be- 

 come effective with respect to such Contracting Party immediately if 

 the recommendation is already in effect, or at such time as it may 

 become effective under the terms of this Article. 



5. The Commission shall notify each Contracting Party immediately 

 upon receipt of each objection and of each withdrawal of an objec- 

 tion, and of the entry into force of any recommendation, 



x^RTICLE IX 



1. The Contracting Parties agree to take all action necessary to en- 

 sure the enforcement of this Convention. Each Contracting Party shall 

 transmit to the Commission, biennially or at such other times as may 

 be required by the Commission, a statement of the action taken by it 

 for these purposes. 



2. The Contracting Parties agree: 



(a) to furnish, on the request of the Commission, any available 

 statistical, biological and other scientific information the Com- 

 mission may need for the purposes of this Convention; 



