Section 103p. 103

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

having heard the advice of the Coordination Committee

of the Organization.

(7) (a) The Executive Committee shall meet once a year in

ordinary

session

upon

convocation

by

the

Director

General, preferably during the same period and at the

same

place

as

the

Coordination

Committee

of the

Organization.

(b) The Executive Committee shall meet in extraordinary

session upon convocation by the Director General, either

on his own initiative, or at the request of its Chairman or

one-fourth of its members.

(8) (a) Each country member of the Executive Committee

shall have one vote.

(b) One-half of the members of the Executive Committee

shall constitute a quorum.

(c) Decisions shall be made by a simple majority of the

votes cast.

(d) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.

(e) A delegate may represent, and vote in the name of,

one country only.

(9) Countries of the Union not members of the Executive

Committee

shall

be

admitted

to

its

meetings

as

observers.

(10) The Executive Committee shall adopt its own rules of

procedure.

ARTICLE 24

International Bureau : 1 . Tasks in General, Director

General ; 2 . General Information ; 3 . Periodical ;

4 . Information to Countries ; 5 . Studies and Services ; 6 .

Participation in Meetings ;

7 . Conference of Revision ; 8 . Other Tasks

(1) (a) The administrative tasks with respect to the Union

shall be performed by the International Bureau, which is a

continuation of the Bureau of the Union united with the

Bureau of the Union established by the International

Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

(b) In particular, the international Bureau shall provide

the secretariat of the various organs of the Union.

(c) The Director General of the Organization shall be the

chief executive of the Union and shall represent the

Union.

(2) The International Bureau shall assemble and publish

information concerning the protection of copyright. Each

country of the Union shall promptly communicate to the

International

Bureau

all

new

laws and official texts

concerning the protection of copyright.

(3) The International Bureau shall publish a monthly

periodical.

(4) The International Bureau shall, on request, furnish

information to any country of the Union on matters

concerning the protection of copyright.

(5) The International Bureau shall conduct studies and

shall provide services, designed to facilitate the protection

of copyright.

(6)

The

Director

General

and

any

staff

member

designated by him shall participate, without the right to

vote, in all meetings of the Assembly, the Executive

Committee

and

any other committee of experts or

working group. The Director General or a staff member

designated by him, shall be ex officio secretary of these

bodies.

(7) (a) The International Bureau shall, in accordance with

the directions of the Assembly and in cooperation with

the Executive Committee, make the preparations for the

conferences

of

revision

of

the

provisions

of

the

Convention other than Articles 22 to 26.

(b)

The

International

Bureau

may

consult

with

intergovernmental and international non-governmental

organizations concerning preparations for conferences of

revision.

(c) The Director General and persons designated by him

shall

take

part,

without

the

right

to

vote,

in

the

discussions at these conferences.

(8) The International Bureau shall carry out any other

tasks assigned to it.

ARTICLE 25

Finances : 1 . Budget ; 2 . Coordination with Other Unions ; 3 .

Resources ; 4 . Contributions ;

Possible Extension of Previous Budget ; 5 . Fees and

Charges ; 6 . Working Capital Fund ;

7 . Advances by Host Government ; 8 . Auditing of Accounts

(1) (a) The Union shall have a budget.

(b) The budget of the Union shall include the income and

expenses proper to the Union, its contribution to the

budget of expenses common to the Union and, where

applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the

Conference of the Organization.

(c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Union but

also to one or more other Unions administered by the

Organization shall be considered as expenses common to

the Unions. The share of the Union in such common

expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Union

has in them.

(2) The budget of the Union shall be established with due

regard to the requirements of coordination with the

budgets

of

the

other

Unions

administered

by

the

Organization.

(3) The budget of the Union shall be financed from the

following sources

(i) contributions of the countries of the Union;

(ii) fees and charges due for services performed by the

International Bureau in relation to the Union;

(iii)

sale

of,

or royalties on, the publications of the

International Bureau concerning the Union;

(iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions;

(v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income.

(4) (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution

towards the budget, each country of the Union shall

belong to a class, and shall pay its annual contributions

on the basis of a number of units fixed as follows:

Class I 25

Class II 20

Class III 15

Class IV 10

Class V 5

Class VI 3

Class VII 1

(b) Unless it has already done so, each country shall

indicate, concurrently with depositing its instrument of

ratification or accession, the class to which it wishes to

belong. Any country may change class. If it chooses a

lower

class,

the

country

must

announce

it

to

the

Assembly at one of its ordinary sessions. Any such change

shall take effect at the beginning of the calendar year

following the session.

(c) The annual contribution of each country shall be an

amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be

contributed to the annual budget of the Union by all

countries as the number of its units to the total of the

units of all contributing countries.

(d) Contributions shall become due on the first of January

of each year.

(c) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its

contributions shall have no vote in any of the organs of

the Union of which it is a member if the amount of its

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