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Convention Relating to International Exhibitions

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Updated: 2009-04-14 18:45

ARTICLE 28

1. The Government of each Contracting Party, whatever the number of its delegates, shall have one vote in the General Assembly. This voting right shall be suspended if the sum of the subscriptions owed by a Contracting Government under Article 32 of this Convention exceeds the sum of the subscriptions due by it for the current year and the previous year.

2. The General Assembly shall be qualified to exercise its functions when the number of member States represented is at least two-thirds of the number of member States entitled to vote. If this quorum is not reached, the General Assembly shall be convened again with the same agenda after an interval of at least a month. In that case the quorum required shall be reduced to half the number of Contracting Parties entitled to vote.

3. Decisions shall be by a majority of the delegations present voting for or against, except that a majority of two-thirds shall be required in the following cases :

a) the adoption of proposals for amendments to this Convention ;

b)the drawing up and amendment of the regulations ;

c) the adoption of the budget and approval of the amount of the annual subscriptions of the Contracting Parties ;

d)the authorisation for a change of opening or closing dates of an exhibition in accordance with Article 5 above ;

e) the registration or recognition of an exhibition in the territory of a non-member State which is in competition with an exhibition in the territory of a Contracting Party ;

f) the reduction of the intervals stipulated in Article 3 of the present Convention ;

g) the acceptance of reservations to an amendment presented by a Contracting Party ;

such amendment being adopted in accordance with Article 33, by a four-fifths majority, or unanimously as the case may be ;

h)the approval of any draft international agreement ;

i) the appointment of the Secretary General.

ARTICLE 29

1. The President shall be elected by secret ballot of the General Assembly for a period of two years from among the delegates of the Governments of the Contracting Parties. He may not represent the State to which he belongs during his period of office. He may be re-elected.

2. The President shall call and conduct meetings of the General Assembly and ensure the proper functioning of the Bureau. In the President抯absence his functions shall be exercised by the Vice-President in charge of the Executive Committee or, in the event of his incapacity, by one of the other Vice-Presidents in the order of their election.

3. The Vice-Presidents shall be elected from among the delegates of the Contracting Parties by the General Assembly which shall determine the nature and duration of their office and in particular the Committees of which they shall be given charge.

ARTICLE 30

1. The Executive Committee shall consist of delegates of twelve Contracting Parties, each nominating one representative.

2. The Executive Committee :

a) shall establish and keep up-to-date a classification of human endeavour as it may be portrayed in an exhibition ;

b)shall examine all application for the registration or recognition of an exhibition and submit them with advice for the approval of the General Assembly ;

c) shall discharge such tasks as are given to it by the General Assembly ;

d)may seek the opinion of other Committees.

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