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one-third of the members of the Assembly and may be convened on the 

 Director's own initiative after consultation with the Chairman of the 

 Assembly. The Director shall give members at least thirty days' 

 notice of such sessions. 



Article 20 



A majority of the membei;s of the Assembly shall constitute a 

 quorum for its meetings. 



Executive Committee 



Article 21 



The Executive Committee shall be established at the first regular 

 session of the Assembly after the date on which the number of Con- 

 tracting States reaches fifteen. 



Article 22 



1. The Executive Committee shall consist of one-third of the mem- 

 bers of the Assembly but of not less than seven or more than fifteen 

 members. Where the number of members of the Assembly is not 

 divisible by three, the one-third referred to shall be calculated on the 

 next higher number which is divisible by three. 



2. When electing the members of the Executive Committee the 

 Assembly shall: 



(a) secure an equit able geographical distribution of the seats on 

 the Committee on the basis of an adequate rei)resentation of 

 Contracting States i)articularly exposed to the risks of oil |)ollu- 

 tion and of Contracting States having large tanker fleets; and 



(b) elect one half of the members of the Committee, or in case 

 the total number of members to be elected is uneven, swch 

 number of the monil)(>is as is equivalent to one half of the total 

 number less one, among those Contracting States in the territory 

 of which the largest ([uantities of oil to be taken into account 

 under Article 10 were received during the j)recc<ling calendar 

 year, provided that the inimbcr of States eligible under this 

 sub-])aragrai)h shall be Hmited as shown in the table below: 



Total number of members Number o( States eligible Number of States to be elected 

 on the committee under subparagrapti (b) urid.er subparagrapti (b) 



7 5 3 



8 6 4 



9 6 4 

 10 8 5 



, n 8 5 



12 9 6 



13 9 6 



14 11 7 



15 11 7 



3. A member of the Assembly which was eligible but was not elected 

 under snl)-i)anigraph (b) shall not be eligible to be elected for any 

 remaining seat on the Executive Committee. 



