Common use of Membership of the Organization Clause in Contracts

Membership of the Organization. (1) Each Contracting Party, together with those territories to which this Agreement is extended under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 48, shall constitute a single Member of the Organization, except as otherwise provided for under the provisions of Articles 5 and 6. (2) A Member may change its category of membership on such conditions as the Council may agree. (3) Any reference in this Agreement to a Government shall be construed as including a reference to the European Community, or any intergovernmental organization having comparable responsibilities in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements, in particular commodity agreements. (4) Such intergovernmental organization shall not itself have any votes but in the case of a vote on matters within its competence it shall be entitled to cast collectively the votes of its Member States. In such cases, the Member States of such intergovernmental organization shall not be entitled to exercise their individual voting rights. (5) Such intergovernmental organization shall not be eligible for election to the Executive Board under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 17 but may participate in the discussions of the Executive Board on matters within its competence. In the case of a vote on matters within its competence, and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 20, the votes which its Member States are entitled to cast in the Executive Board may be cast collectively by any one of those Member States.

Membership of the Organization. (1) Each Contracting Party, together with those territories to which this Agreement is extended under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 4843, shall constitute a single Member of the Organization, except as otherwise provided for under the provisions of Articles 5 and 6. (2) A Member may change its category of membership on such conditions as the Council may agree. (3) Any reference in this Agreement to a Government shall be construed as including a reference to the European Community, or any intergovernmental organization having comparable responsibilities in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements, in particular commodity agreements. (4) Such intergovernmental organization shall not itself have any votes but in the case of a vote on matters within its competence it shall be entitled to cast collectively the votes of its Member States. In such cases, the Member States of such intergovernmental organization shall not be entitled to exercise their individual voting rights. (5) Such intergovernmental organization shall not be eligible for election to the Executive Board under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 17 but may participate in the discussions of the Executive Board on matters within its competence. In the case of a vote on matters within its competence, and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 20, the votes which its Member States are entitled to cast in the Executive Board may be cast collectively by any one of those Member States.