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(b) when their official ao;e]icies are unable to obtain and furnish 

 the said information, to allow the Commission, through the Con- 

 tracting Parties, to obtain it on a voluntary basis direct from com- 

 panies and individual fishermen. 

 3. The Contracting Parties undertake to collaborate with each other 

 with a view to the adoption of suitable effective measures to ensure 

 the application of the provisions of this Convention and in particular 

 to set up a system of international enforcement to be applied to the 

 Convention area except the territorial sea and other waters, if any, in 

 which a state is entitled under international law to exercise jurisdic- 

 tion over fisheries. 



Article X 



1. The Commission shall adopt a budget for the joint expenses of the 

 Commission for the biennium following each regular meeting. 



2. Each Contracting Party shall contribute annually to the budget 

 of the Commission an amount equal to : 



(a) U.S. $1,000 (one thousand United States dollars) for Com- 

 mission membership. 



(b) U.S. $1,000 (one thousand United States dollars) for each 

 Panel membership. 



(c) If the proposed budget for joint expenses for any biennium 

 should exceed the whole amount of contributions to be made by 

 the Contracting Parties under (a) and (b) of this paragraph, 

 one-third of the amount of such excess shall be contributed by the 

 Contracting Parties in proportion to their contributions made 

 under (a) and (b) of this paragraph. For the remaining two- 

 thirds the Commission shall determine on the basis of the latest 

 available information : 



(i) the total of the round weight of catch of Atlantic tuna 

 and tuna-like fishes and the net weight of canned products of 

 such fishes for each Contracting Party ; 



(ii) the total of (i) for all Contracting Parties. 



Each Contracting Party shall contribute its share of the remaining 



two thirds in the same ratio that its total in (i) bears to the total in 



(ii). That part of the budget referred to in this sub-paragraph shall 



be set by agreement of all the Contracting Parties present and voting. 



3. The Council shall review the second half of the biennial budget 

 at its regular meeting between Commission meetings and, on the basis 

 of current and anticipated developments, may authorise re-apportion- 

 ment of amounts in the Commission budget for the second year within 

 the total budget approved by the Commission. 



4. The Executive Secretary of the Commission shall notify each 

 Contracting Party of its yearly assessment. The contributions shall 

 be payable on January first of the year for which the assessment was 

 levied. Contributions not received before January first of the succeed- 

 ing year shall be considered as in arrears. 



5. Contributions to the biennial budget shall be payable in such 

 currencies as the Commission may decide. 



6. At its first meeting the Commission shall approve a budget for 

 the balance of the first year the Commission functions and for the 

 following biennium. It shall immediately transmit to the Contracting 

 Parties copies of these budgets together with notices of the respective 

 assessments for the first annual contribution. 



