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all sessions of the Commission except those which the Commission 

 decides to be in camera, 



9. The Commission may hold public hearings. Each national 

 section may also hold public hearings within its own country. 



10. The official languages of the Commission shall be Japanese and 

 English. Proposals and data may be submitted to the Commission in 

 either language. 



11. Each Contracting Party shall determine and pay the expenses 

 incurred by its national section. Joint expenses incurred by the 

 Commission shall be paid by the Conmiission through contributions 

 made by the Contracting Parties in the form and proportion recom- 

 mended by the Commission and approved by the Contracting Parties. 



12. An annual budget of joint expenses shall be recommended by the 

 Commission and submitted to the Contracting Parties for approval. 



13. The Commission shall authorize the disbursem.ent of funds for 

 the joint expenses of the Commission and may employ personnel and 

 acquire facilities necessary for the performance of its functions. 



Akticle III 



1. Tlie Commission shall perform the following functions : 



(a) In regard to any stock of fish specified in the Annex, study 

 for the purpose of determining annually whether such stock con- 

 tinues to qualify for abstention under the provisions of A rticle IV. 

 If the ComLmission determines that such stock no longer meets the 

 conditions of Article IV, the Commission shall recommend that 

 it be removed from the Annex. Provided, however, that with 

 respect to the stocks of fish originally specified in the Annex, no 

 determination or recommendation as to whether such stock con- 

 tinues to qualify for abstention shall be made for five years after 

 the entry into force of this Convention. 



(b) To permit later additions to the Annex, study, on request of 

 a Contracting Party, any stock of fish of the Convention area, the 

 greater part of which is harvested by one or more of the Contract- 

 ing Parties, for the purpose of determining whether such stock 

 qualifies for abstention under the provisions of Article IV. If 

 the Commission decides that the particular stock fulfills the con- 

 ditions of Article IV it shall recommend, (1) that such stock be 

 added to the Annex, (2) that the appropriate Party or Parties 

 abstain from fishing such stock and (3) that the Party or Parties 

 participating in the fishing of such stock continue to carry out 

 necessary conservation measures. 



(c) In regard to any stock of fish in the Convention area ; 



(i) Study, on request of any Contracting Party concerned, 

 any stock of fish which is under substantial exploitation by 

 two or more of the Contracting Parties, and which is not 

 covered by a conservation agreement between such Parties 

 existing at the time of the conclusion of this Convention, for 

 the purpose of determining need for joint conservation 

 measures ; 



(ii) Decide and recommend necessary joint conservation 



