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SECTION E. The Commissions

Article 72. Establishment

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 73. Composition and Procedure

1. The commissions shall be composed of persons invited by the Executive Board and 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 service 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 paragraph 2 of article 81, the Organization may make arrangements for representatives of other intergovernmental organizations having a special interest in the activities of any of the commissions to participate in the work of such commissions, pursuant to agreements with these organizations.

Article 74. General Functions

The commissions shall have the functions set forth in articles 75, 76, and 77, 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 75. Functions of the 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 sub-paragraph 3 (a) of Article 61 and paragraph 2 of Article 66.

[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 76. Functions of the Commission on Business Practices The Commission on Business Practices shall have the following functions:

1. In accordance with article 40 to:

(a) Arrange, at the request of a Member, consultative conferences with other Members and make appropriate reports for communication at the discretion of the Executive Board to all Members;

(b) Receive and consider written complaints concerning restrictive business practices in international trade;

(c) Prescribe minimum information required in such complaints; (d) Notify Members of complaints received and request information relative to such complaints;

(e) Request further data from Members and conduct or arrange for hearings;

Report to the Executive Board its findings and its recommendations of remedial measures;

(g) Request reports from Members on the action taken as a result. of recommendations made to them by the Executive Board; and (h) Prepare reports for publication by the Executive Board.

2. In accordance with article 41, and subject to the approval of the Executive Board, 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 40 or to those which may effect such objectives, and to make recommendations when appropriate to the Executive Board for action by Members.

3. To advise the Executive Board as to information and other materials to be obtained from Members or other sources in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities of the Commission.

4. To perform such other functions pursuant to the objectives of chapter VI as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Executive Board.

Article 77. Functions of the Commodity Commission 6

[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 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 48, 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 66.

[4. To recommend to the Executive Board whether an intergovernmental conference should be convened pursuant to Article 49.

[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 VII 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 VII 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 78. Composition

1. The Secretariat shall consist of a Director General and such staff as may be required.

The Preparatory Committee did not draft an article on this subject, but annexure B, which is taken from the Preparatory Committee's report, shows what the Committee envisaged the functions of the Commodity Commission would be.

2. The Director General shall have authority to appoint such Deputy Directors General as he deems necessary. Such appointments shall be made in accordance with regulations approved by the Conference.

Article 79. The 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 the chief administrative officer of the Organization, subject to the general supervision of the Executive Board.

2. The Director General or a deputy designated by him shall participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Conference, of the Executive Board, of the Commissions, and of committees of the Organization. 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 80. Employment of Staff

1. The Director General shall appoint the staff of the Secretariat and fix its duties and terms and conditions of service in accordance with regulations approved by the Conference. The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of its conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity, due regard being paid to the importance of recruitment on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

2. The conditions of service, such as the provisions governing qualifications, salary, tenure, and retirement of members of the staff of the Secretariat shall be fixed, so far as practicable, in conformity with those for members of the Secretariat of the United Nations and of other specialized agencies which may be brought into relationship with the United Nations, as provided in article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations.

SECTION G. Miscellaneous Provisions

Article 81. Relations With Other Organizations

1. The Organization shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations, as soon as practicable, as one of the specialized agencies referred to in article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations. This relationship shall be effected through an agreement with the United Nations under article 63 of the Charter of the United Nations,

which agreement shall be concluded by the Director General and approved by the Conference. The agreement shall provide for effective cooperation between the two organizations in the pursuit of their common purposes, and at the same time shall recognize the competence of the Organization within its jurisdiction as defined in this Charter. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 85, any changes in this Charter required under the agreement which do not involve new obligations by Members shall be effective on approval of the agreement by the Conference.

2. The Organization shall cooperate with other intergovernmental organizations whose interests and activities are related to its purposes. Effective working relationships with such organizations, which may include the establishment of joint committees or provision for reciprocal representation at meetings, or such other measures as may be necessary to assure effective cooperation, may be established by the Director General. Formal arrangements for cooperation with such organizations may be entered into by the Executive Board.

3. The Organization may make suitable arrangements for consultation and cooperation with non-governmental organizations concerned with matters within its competence and may invite them to undertake specific tasks.

4. Whenever the Conference of this Organization and the competent authorities of any other international organization whose purposes and functions lie within the competence of this Organization deem it desirable to effect a transfer of its resources and functions to the Organization, to incorporate it into the Organization, or to bring it under the supervision or authority of the Organization, the Director General, subject to the approval of the Conference, may enter into mutually acceptable arrangements for this purpose. The Organization may acquire such resources and assume such functions of, or incorporate or exercise such control over, such other organization as may be provided by any convention or agreement appropriate to the purpose. In accordance with their respective constitutional procedures the Members shall take such steps as the Conference may determine to integrate such other international organizations into the structure of the Organization.

Article 82. International Responsibilities of Personnel of

the Organization

1. The responsibilities of the members of the commissions provided for in article 72, of the Director General, of the Deputy Directors General and of the staff shall be exclusively international in character. In the discharge of their duties, they shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to

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