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sion shall notify each Party of every such amendment and of the 

 effective date thereof. 



Article V 



1. The Parties agree to establish the North Pacific Fur Seal Com- 

 mission to be composed of one member from each Party. 



2. The duties of the Commission shall be to : 



(a) formulate and coordinate research programs designed to 

 achieve the objectives set forth in Article II, paragraph 1 ; 



(b) recommend these coordinated research programs to the 

 respective Parties for implementation ; 



(c) study the data obtained from the implementation of such 

 coordinated research programs ; 



(d) recommend appropriate measures to the Parties on the 

 basis of the findings obtained from the implementation of such 

 coordinated researdi programs, including measures regarding the 

 size and the sex and age composition of the seasonal commercial 

 kill from a herd ; and 



(e) reconmiend to the Parties at the end of the fifth year after 

 entry into force of this Convention and, if the Convention is 

 continued under the provisions of Article XIII, parag7*aph 4, 

 at a later year, the methods of sealing best suited to achieve the 

 objectives of this Convention; the above-mentioned later year 

 shall be fixed by the Parties at the meeting early in the sixth 

 year provided for in Article XI. 



3. The Commission may, subsequent to the first year of operation 

 of the Convention, modify in accordance with its scientific findings 

 the research programs set forth in the Schedule and, if any such modi- 

 fications are made, the Schedule shall be considered amended accord- 

 ingly. The Commission shall notify each Party of every such amend- 

 ment and of the effective date thereof. 



4. Each Party shall have one vote. Decisions and recommenda- 

 tions shall be made by unanimous vote. With respect to any recom- 

 mendations regarding the size and the sex and age composition of the 

 seasonal commercial Kill from a herd, only those Parties sharing in 

 the sealskins from that herd under the provisions of Article IX, 

 paragraph 1 shall vote. 



5. The Commission shall elect from its members a Chairman and 

 other necessary officials and shall adopt rules of procedure for the 

 conduct of its work. 



6. The Commission shall hold an annual meeting at such time and 

 place as it may decide. Additional meetings shall be held when re- 

 quested by two or more members of the Commission. The time and 

 place of the first meeting shall be determined by agreement among 

 the Parties. 



7. The expenses of each member of the Commission shall be paid 

 by his own Government. Such joint expenses as may be incurred by 

 the Commission shall be defrayed by the Parties by equal contribu- 

 tions. Each Party shall also contribute to the Commission annually 

 an amount equivalent to the value of the sealskins it confiscates under 

 the provisions of Article VI, paragraph 5. 



