Member of the Organization shall be entitled to be a member of the Committee when, in the judgment of the Committee, that Member shall have completed negotiations pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 18 comparable in scope or effect to those completed by the original members of the Committee. When the number of Members of the Organization which are members of the Committee shall constitute two thirds of the total number of Members of the Organization, the Committee shall terminate and its functions shall be transferred to the Conference.

3. Each member of the Committee shall have one vote.

4. Decisions of the Committee shall be taken by a majority of the members present and voting.

5. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including provision for the election of its officers.

SECTION D. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Article 57. Executive Board-Membership

1. The Executive Board shall consist of fifteen Members of the Organization elected by the Conference.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, one third of the membership of the Executive Board shall be elected each year for a term of three years. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediate reelection.

3. At the first election, fifteen members of the Executive Board shall be chosen. The term of office of five members shall expire at the end of one year, and of five other members at the end of two years, in accordance with arrangements made by the Conference.

4. Each member of the Executive Board shall have one representative and may appoint alternates and advisers to its representative.

Article 58. Executive Board-Voting

1. Each member of the Executive Board shall have one vote. 2. Decisions of the Executive Board shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.

Article 59. Executive Board-Sessions, Procedure and Officers

1. The Executive Board shall meet as required in accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for convening on the request of a majority of its members.

2. The Executive Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall annually elect its Chairman and other officers.

Article 60. Executive Board-Powers and Duties

1. The Executive Board shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Organization and shall exercise the powers delegated to it by the Conference. It shall review the activities of the Commissions provided for in this Charter, and shall take such action upon their recommendations as it may deem appropriate. It shall provide adequate machinery to review the work of the Organization as it relates to industrialization and general economic development.

2. The Executive Board may make recommendations to the Conference, to Members of the Organization, or to other international organizations, on any subject falling within the scope of the Organization, and shall approve the preliminary agenda of the Conference. 3. The Executive Board shall recommend to the Conference the admission of new Members of the Organization.

4. The Executive Board may refer to the Commissions such questions as it may deem appropriate.

SECTION E. THE COMMISSIONS

Article 61. Establishment of Commissions

The Conference shall establish a Commission on Commercial Policy, a Commission on Business Practices, and a Commodity Commission, and may establish such other commissions as may be required. These Commissions shall be responsible to the Executive Board.

Article 62. Composition and Procedure of Commissions

1. The Commissions shall be composed of persons appointed by the Executive Board who are qualified by training or experience to carry out the functions of the Commissions in accordance with the purposes of the Organization.

2. The number of members of each Commission and the conditions of office of the members of each Commission shall be determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Conference.

3. Each Commission shall elect its Chairman and adopt its own rules of procedure, subject to approval by the Executive Board.

4. The Chairmen of the Commissions shall be entitled to participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the Executive Board and of the Conference.

5. As set forth more fully in Article 71, the Organization may make arrangements for representatives of other public international organizations having a special interest in the activities of any of the Com

missions to participate in the work of such Commissions, pursuant to agreements with these organizations.

Article 63. General Functions of Commissions

The Commissions shall have the functions set forth in Articles 64, 65 and 66, and shall perform such other functions as the Conference or the Executive Board may assign to them, including such functions as the Executive Board may deem appropriate in connection with the settlement of disputes.

Article 64. Functions of Commission on Commercial Policy

The Commission on Commercial Policy shall have the following functions:

1. To investigate and to advise the Executive Board regarding the operation of treaties, agreements, practices and policies affecting international trade.

2. To investigate and to advise the Executive Board regarding the economic aspects of specific proposals involving the exercise by the Organization of the functions described in paragraph 3(a) of Article 50 and paragraph 2 of Article 55.

3. To investigate and to advise the Executive Board regarding the economic aspects of proposed customs unions.

4. To develop and to recommend to the Executive Board programs designed to further the objectives of the Organization in the general field of commercial policy, including cooperative projects of a technical nature in the field of commercial policy.

Article 65. Functions of Commission on Business Practices

The Commission on Business Practices shall have the following functions:

1. To receive and consider written complaints concerning restrictive business practices in international trade, as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 35; to prescribe and call for information relative to such complaints and to notify Members of complaints received, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 35; to request data, conduct hearings and make determinations in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 35 and on the basis thereof to refer to the Executive Board its recommendations for appropriate remedial measures, pursuant to paragraph 5 of Article 35; and to request reports from Members, and to prepare reports for publication by the Executive Board, in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 35.

2. To arrange special consultative conferences between particular Members and to assist in arranging consultations as requested by Members relative to particular complaints, as provided in paragraphs 8 and 9 of Article 35, and to make appropriate reports or recommendations to the Executive Board with reference to the results thereof.

3. To conduct studies relating to business practices which restrain competition, restrict access to markets or foster monopolistic control in international trade, or relating to international conventions or national laws and procedures designed to carry out the objectives of Article 34 or to those which may affect such objectives, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 36; and to make recommendations, when appropriate, to the Executive Board for action by Members.

4. To advise the Executive Board as to information, data, and other materials to be obtained from Members or other sources, required in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities of the Commission. 5. To facilitate intergovernmental arrangements for the international exchange, on a nondiscriminatory basis, of technological information not involving national security.

Article 66. Functions of Commodity Commission

The Commodity Commission shall have the following functions: 1. To investigate commodity problems and arrangements proposed for solving them.

2. To recommend to the Executive Board appropriate courses of action relating to commodity problems, including recommendations for the establishment of Study Groups for particular commodities. Such Study Groups shall be established, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 42, by the Executive Board, upon the recommendation of the Commodity Commission, for the purpose of investigating problems with respect to particular commodities. The Study Groups shall include, in addition to representatives of interested countries, one or more members of the Commodity Commission or other persons designated by the Commission.

3. To advise the Executive Board whether a particular commodity is in burdensome surplus, subject to such procedures as may be established under paragraph 6 of Article 55.

4. To recommend to the Executive Board whether an intergovernmental conference should be convened pursuant to Article 43.

5. To designate members of the Commission, or others, to participate in an advisory capacity in the formulation of intergovernmental commodity agreements.

6. To advise the Executive Board whether or not intergovernmental commodity agreements under consideration by Members conform to

the principles set forth in Chapter VI and to make recommendations to the Executive Board thereon.

7. To approve the rules of procedure governing the activities of each Commodity Council.

8. To designate the Chairman and provide the Secretary for any Commodity Council established to administer an intergovernmental commodity agreement.

9. To receive reports from Commodity Councils; to maintain continuous review of the operation of intergovernmental commodity agreements in the light of the terms of the agreements, the commodity principles in Chapter VI of this Charter, and the general welfare; to investigate such matters in this connection as it may deem appropriate; and to make recommendations to the Executive Board with regard thereto.

SECTION F. THE SECRETARIAT

Article 67. Composition of Secretariat

The Secretariat shall consist of a Director General, three or more Deputy Directors General, and such staff as may be required.

Article 68. Director General

1. The Director General shall be appointed by the Conference upon the recommendation of the Executive Board. His powers, duties, terms and conditions of office shall be in accordance with regulations approved by the Conference. He shall be eligible for reappointment. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the Organization, subject to the general supervision of the Executive Board.

2. The Director General or a Deputy Director General designated by him shall participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Conference and of the Executive Board. The Director General shall have authority to initiate proposals for the consideration of any organ of the Organization. He shall make an annual report to the Conference and to the Executive Board on the work of the Organization and shall prepare the annual budget for submission to the Conference.

Article 69. Deputy Directors General

1. Deputy Directors General shall be appointed by the Director General in accordance with regulations approved by the Conference. They shall be eligible for reappointment.