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 TREATIES porting country, to represent its interests and to exercise its votes at any meeting or meetings of the Council. Evidence of such author- ization satisfactory to the Council shall be submitted to the Council. D. Sessions 17. The Council shall meet at least once during each half of each crop-year and at such other times as the Chairman may decide. 18. The Chairman shall convene a Session of the Council if so re- quested by (a) any five delegates of the exporting and importing coun- tries or (b) the delegate or delegates of any of the exporting and im- porting countries holding a total of not less than ten per cent of the total votes or (c) the Executive Committee. E. Quorum 19. The presence of delegates with a majority of the votes held by the exporting countries and a majority of the votes held by the im- porting countries shall be necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Council. F. Seat 20. The Council shall select in July 1949 its temporary seat. The Council shall select, so soon as it deems the time propitious, its per- manent seat after consultation with the appropriate organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations. G. Legal Capacity 21. The Council shall have in the territory of each exporting and importing country such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions under this Agreement. H. Decisions 22. Each exporting and importing country undertakes to accept as binding all decisions of the Council under the provisions of this Agreement. ARTICLE XIV Executive Committee 1. The Council shall establish an Executive Committee. The mem- bers of the Executive Committee shall be three exporting countries elected annually by the exporting countries and not more than seven importing countries elected annually by the importing countries. The Council shall appoint the Chairman of the Executive Committee and may appoint a Vice Chairman. 2. The Executive Committee shall be responsible to and work under the general direction of the Council. It shall have such powers and functions as are expressly assigned to it under this Agreement and such other powers and functions as the Council may delegate to it under paragraph 11 of Article XIII. 3. The exporting countries on the Executive Committee shall have the same total number of votes as the importing countries. The votes of the exporting countries shall be divided among them as they shall 2190 [63 STAT.

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