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 54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. S, 1938 ARTICLE 8 Publicationof Documents The Bureau of the Union shall take part in the various tasks of the C. C. I. R. for the purpose of centralization and publication of opinions and a general documentation for the use of the administrations. ARTICLE 9 Closing Plenary Assembly §1. At the closing plenary assembly, the president shall communi- cate the list of opinions, the list of questions still to be solved, and the list of new questions submitted by the committees. §2. The president shall place on record the final adoption of the opinions expressed, if any. If there is occasion for voting, the ex- pressions "unanimously" or "by a majority" shall apply to this vote. §3. The plenary assembly shall then establish the list of unsolved questions and new questions of which a study is to be made; it shall proceed to the organization of "groups of administrations" charged with studying the above-mentioned questions between meetings and with preparing opinions to be submitted to the C. C. I. R. For each group of administrations, the assembly shall designate the centralizing administration, and the collaborating administra- tions, private operating enterprises, and international organizations. §4. During the same plenary assembly, the C. C. I. R., upon the offer or with the consent of the delegation concerned, shall designate the administration that is to organize the next meeting, together with the approximate date of such meeting. ARTICLE 10 Distribution and Payment of Expenses The expenses relating to a C. C. I. R. meeting shall bo apportioned among the participating administrations, private operating enter- prises, and international organizations. To apportion such expenses, the participants shall be divided into four classes, each contributing according to a certain number of units, to wit: 1st class: 25 units 2d class: 20 units 3d class: 15 units 4th class: 10 units The first three classes shall include the administrations whose gov- ernments are in the first three classes provided for in article 17 of 49stat.2405. the Convention. 1657

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