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Agency. Notwithstandinja; the specific commitments made with respect 

 to counterpart contributions in kind, as set forth in these schedules, 

 the Participating Governments undertake to give favourable consider- 

 ation to any amendments, including transfer of responsibilities from 

 one Government to another with respect to such contributions as may 

 be proposed by the Executing Agency in the interests of the successful 

 operation of the project. 



17. The Participating Governments shall make available to the 

 project and its personnel all past records, files, reports, publications 

 and unclassified information about work undertaken by various Gov- 

 ernment agencies or other institutions which may be useful for the 

 operation of the project. In particular, they will make available all 

 existing records of fishing catch statistics, price and trading statistics, 

 fishing records and meteorological data. They will also facilitate access 

 by project personnel to commercial fishing vessels, fish processing and 

 handling plants and markets. 



C. Other obligations of participating Governments 



18. The Governments shall take the necessary steps to ensure the 

 co-operation of governmental agencies, bodies and organizations, to 

 the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of the project. 



19. The Governments shall give favourable consideration to the 

 relaxing of restrictions which may apply to fishing vessel operation 

 within their territorial waters, in respect to the operation of all vessels 

 being operated by or on behalf of the Executing Agency in the carry- 

 ing out of the work of the project, to the extent necessary to accomplish 

 the purposes of the project. 



20. The Governments shall give favourable consideration to pro- 

 posals that may be made to them in the course of operation of the 

 project by or on behalf of the Executing Agency for relaxation or 

 I'emoval of restrictions or procedures at present in force within their 

 territories in the project area on the distribution and sale of fish and 

 fishery products, and on trade in fish and fishery products between 

 them and with other countries as may be needed to accomplish the 

 purposes of the project. 



21. The Governments shall nominate, on request, persons to attend 

 the training courses for fishery officers and potential masterfishermen. 

 Nominees for the fishery officer courses will have at least a secondary 

 school standard of education. Nominees for masterfishermen courses 

 will have had considerable practical experience as fishermen and be 

 of a type considered likely to benefit from the course of instruction. 

 The Governments also undertake to pay salaries to fishery officer 

 trainees during the period of sea-going training on their instruction 

 courses. Rates of maintenance allowance for masterfishermen trainees 

 and for fishery officer trainees while on shore shall be fixed by agree- 

 ment between the Project Manager and the Governments. At the con- 

 clusion of fishery training courses, the Governments shall consider for 

 employment in suitable posts in their fishery services those fishery offi- 

 cer trainees nominated by them who have successfully completed the 

 course of training set up under this project, as evidenced by the issue 

 to them of a certificate to that effect by the Executing Agency. 



22. The Governments shall give favourable consideration to pro- 

 posals that may be made to them during the course of operation of 

 the project by the Executing Agency, for any necessary strengthening 



