Contracting Parties may be. (a) the governments of both OECD member or OECD non-member countries;
(b) the European Communities;
(c) international organisations in which the governments of OECD member countries and/or OECD non-member countries participate; and
(d) any national agency, public organisation, private corporation or other entity designated by the government of an OECD member country or an OECD non-member country, or by the European Communities.
3.2.1 Participation in any Implementing Agreement for OECD non-member countries or for international organisations requires prior approval by the CERT. However, should the CERT consider a first time application by an OECD non-member country or an international organisation to be sensitive, it may refer the decision to the Governing Board as it deems appropriate.
3.2.2 Prior to CERT approval of participation of OECD non-member countries or international organisations in any Implementing Agreement, the Executive Committee shall:
(a) have voted in favour of the applicant to join the Implementing Agreement and provide evidence of the same to the CERT;
(b) provide the CERT with a copy of the terms and conditions of the applicant’s participation in the Implementing Agreement; and
(c) provide the CERT with a letter from the applicant expressing the applicant’s desire to join the Implementing Agreement and specifying which Annexes it wishes to join; its acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Implementing Agreement; the name of its designated entity if it is not the applicant itself; and the name of the entity that will sign the Implementing Agreement.
3.2.3 The terms and conditions for the admission, participation and withdrawal of Contracting Parties, including their rights and obligations, in Implementing Agreements and their Annexes, if any, shall be established by the Executive Committee of each Implementing Agreement.
3.2.4 Notwithstanding Article 3.2.3, no Contracting Party from an OECD non-member country or international organisation shall have greater rights or benefits than Contracting Parties from OECD member countries.
Contracting Parties may be. (a) the government of a country;
(b) the European Commission1;
(c) an intergovernmental organisation; and
(d) any national agency, public organisation, private corporation or other entity designated by one of the above to participate on its behalf.
2.4.1 Prior approval by the CERT is required before an intergovernmental organisation or a country that is not an IEA Member, Accession, or Association country may join as a Contracting Party, including when designating an entity to participate on its behalf pursuant to 2.4(d). Once a country or intergovernmental organisation has been approved to join one collaboration as a Contracting Party, CERT approval is not required if that country or organisation wishes to join others as a Contracting Party.
2.4.2 The CERT will consider an application in the context of a proposal for the country or intergovernmental organisation to join a specific collaboration. The application to CERT should include: 1 Either on its own behalf or on behalf of the European Union.
(a) evidence that the Executive Committee of a collaboration has voted in favour of the applicant to join as a Contracting Party;
(b) a copy of the terms and conditions of the applicant’s participation; and
(c) a letter from the applicant expressing the applicant’s desire to join, its acceptance of the terms and conditions of participation, and the name of its designated entity if it is not the applicant itself.
2.4.3 If any IEA Member country considers an application to be sensitive, the CERT will refer the decision to the Governing Board.
2.4.4 Contracting Parties from countries that are not IEA Member, Accession, or Association countries or by intergovernmental organisation shall not have greater rights or benefits than IEA Member, Accession, or Association countries.
Contracting Parties may be. (a) the governments of both OECD member or OECD non-member countries;
(b) the European Communities;
(c) international organisations in which the governments of OECD member countries and/or OECD non-member countries participate; and
(d) any national agency, public organisation, private corporation or other entity designated by the government of an OECD member country or an OECD non-member country, or by the European Communities.
3.2.1 Participation in any Implementing Agreement for OECD non-member countries or for international organisations requires prior approval by the CERT. However, should the CERT consider a first time application by an OECD non-member country or an international organisation to be sensitive, it may refer the decision to the Governing Board as it deems appropriate.
3.2.2 Prior to CERT approval of participation of OECD non-member countries or international organisations in any Implementing Agreement, the Executive Committee shall:
Contracting Parties may be. (a) the governments of both OECD member or OECD non-member countries;
(b) the European Communities;
(c) international organisations in which the governments of OECD member countries and/or OECD non-member countries participate; and
(d) any national agency, public organisation, private corporation or other entity designated by the government of an OECD member country or an OECD non- member country, or by the European Communities.
3.2.1 Participation in any Implementing Agreement for OECD non-member countries or for international organisations requires prior approval by the CERT. However, should the CERT consider a first time application by an OECD non-member country or an international organisation to be sensitive, it may refer the decision to the Governing Board as it deems appropriate.
