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 MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS. JULY 13, 1931. 1559 Article 5. 1. Each estimate provided for in Articles 2 to 4 of this Convention Prescribed form, etc. shall be in the form from time to time prescribed by the Permanent Central Board and communicated by the Board to all the Members of the League of Nations and to the non-member States mentioned in Article 27. E . hIIsh f h. f h Components to be 2. very estlDlate s a ow or eac country or terntory or eac specified. year in respect of each of the drugs whether in the form of alkaloid or salts or of preparations of the alkaloids or salts: (a) The quantity necessary for use as such for medical and scientific needs, including the quantity re~uired for the manu- facture of preparations for the export of which export authorisa- tions are not required, whether such preparations are intended for domestic consumption or for export; (b) The quantity necessary for the purpose of conversion, whether for domestic consumption or for export; (c) The amount of the reserve stocks which it is desired to maintain: (d) The quantity required for the establishment and main- tenance of any Government stocks as provided for in Article 4. The total of the estimates for each country or territory shall con- sist of the sum of the amounts specified under (a) and (b) of this paragraph with the addition of any amounts which may be necessary to bring the reserve stocks and the Government stocks up to the desired level, or after deduction of any amounts by which those stocks may exceed that level. These additions or deductions shall, however, not be taken into account e~cept in so far as the High Contracting Parties concerned shall have forwarded in due course the necessary estimates to the Permanent Central Board. 3. Every estimate shall be accompanied by a statement explain- t1!:.etbod of eaJcula. ing the method by which the several amounts shown in it have been calculated. If these amounts are calculated so as to include a margin allowing for possible fluctuations in demand, the estimates must indicate the extent of the margin so included. It is understood that in the case of any of the drugs which are or may be included in Group II, a wider margin may be necessary than in the case of the other drugs. 4. Every estimate shall reach the Permanent Central Board not esJe~or 5ubmittiag later than August 1st in the year preceding that in respect of which the estimate is made. 5. Supplementary estimates shall be sent to the Permanent Central mTarmstroBot (talk)lementary ftlti- Board immediately on their completion. 6. The estimates will be examined by a Supervisory Body. The EI3min3tion,etc. Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs of the League of Nations, the Permanent Central Board, the Health Committee of the League of Nations and the Office interna- tional d'Hygiene publique shall each have the right to appoint one member of this Body. The Secretariat of the Supervisory Body shall be provided by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who will ensure close collaboration with the Permanent Central Board.