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COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83)  102 final 
Brussels,  10 March 1983 
Recommendation  for a 
COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the signature and notification of provisional appli-
cation of the International Agreement on Jute and Jute 
Products,  1982 
(submitted to the Council by the Commission) 
COM(83)  102 final 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Negotiation of the  International  Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 
1982, was completed on 1 October 1982; this international commodity 
agreement was negotiated under the auspices of the  UNCTAD  Integrated  Programme 
for Commodities. The main element in the new Agreement is the establishment 
of an  International  Jute Organisation, governed by an  International  Jute 
Council,  which  will  propose, approve and seek finance for projects in the 
fields of research, development, market promotion and cost reduction, 
designed  to improve the competitiveness of  jute  and  jute  products. The 
question of stabilisation  will  also continue to be considered. 
2. The Agreement was negotiated by the Community and its Member States 
in accordance  with  a common position (1) agreed in the  Council.  The 
objectives and content of the Agreement have been agreed by the Community and 
its Member States satisfactorily to meet this common position, in the 
context of the actual evolution of the negotiations which led to the Agree­
ment . 
3. The Agreement is open for signature between 3 January and 30 June 1983. 
The Commission proposes  that  the Community, as well as its Member States, 
sign  the Agreement at an early date. 
4. Given the likely time-lags in certain Member States conclusion procedures, 
the Commission also proposes  that  the Community and its Member States  notify 
their readiness to apply the Agreement provisionally on its  entry  into  force. 
It should be noted  that  the Community and its Member States hold over 16 
per cent of the 65 per cent, or one quarter of, the trade on the importing 
side  required to bring the Agreementinto effect. The political importance 
for the Community of  notifying  its provisional application before 30 June 1983 
is therefore significant. 
(1) See Council Document 12098,  Proba  76, of 8.12.1980. 

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5. When the Agreement has been concluded by the ten Member States, the 
Commission  will  propose  that  the Community also concludes it. In 
these conditions, the Commission recommends to the Council the Decision 
annexed below. 

RECOMMENDATION  FOR A 
COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the signature and notification of provisional application of the 
International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 1982 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 113 thereof. 
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, 
Whereas  the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 1982 is open 
for signature  until  30 June 1983; whereas the said Agreement constitutes an 
instrument for the implementation of research, development, market promotion 
and cost reduction projects concerning  jute  and  jute  products, for information 
collection,  and for the consideration of important  issues  such as stabilisation 
and the competition of  jute  and synthetics and other substitutes,  with  the aim 
of improving structural conditions in the international  jute  market, enhancing 
the competitiveness of  jute  and  jute  products, and developing their production 
and trade; whereas the application of the said Agreement by the Community 
will contribute to the implementation of the common commercial policy; 
Whereas  the Community should therefore sign this Agreement and give notification 
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization  that  it intends 
to apply the Agreement provisionally, subject to its subsequent approval, 
HAS DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS: 

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Artie  le 1 
By 30 June 1983 the Community will sign the International Agreement on 
Jute and Jute Products, 1982, in accordance  with  Article 37 thereof, and will 
give notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, 
in accordance  with  Article 39 of the Agreement,  that  it will apply the 
Agreement provisionally, as an importing member, when it enters  into  force 
in accordance  with  Article 40. 
Artie  le 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the 
person empowered to sign the Agreement, and to deposit the notification 
of provisional application of the Agreement. 
The texts of the notification of application and of the Agreement 
are annexed to this  Decision. 
Done  at Brussels, For the CounciI 
The President 

ANNEX 
Notification  of provisional application of the International Agreement 
on Jute and Jute Products,  1982 
In accordance  with  Article 39 of the International Agreement on 
Jute and Jute Products, 1982, the Council of the European Communities 
hereby notifies the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, 
the depositary of the Agreement,  that  it intends to set in motion the 
institutional procedure necessary for the Agreement to be approved and 
that  the Community will apply the Agreement provisionally, as an importing 
member, when it comes  into  force in accordance  with  Article 40. 

Distr. 
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TD/JUTE/EX/R.4 
28 September-  1S82 
United Natio.as Conference.on. Trade and. Development Original:  ENGLISH 
Integrated  Programme  for Commodities  . 
UNITED NATIONS  CONFERENCE  ON JUTE AND JUTE  PRODUCTS,  198l 
Third part 
Geneva,  20 September  1982 
Executive  Committee 
Agenda item 7 
INTERNATIONAL  AGREEMENT  ON JUTE 
, AND JUTE  PRODUCTS,  1982 
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CONTENTS 
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Preamble 
CHAPTER I:OBJECTIVES 
Article 1 Objectives 
CHAPTER II:. DEFINITIONS 
Article 2 Definitions. 
CHAPTER III: ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION 
Article 3 Establishment,  headquarters  and structure  of the 
International  Jute Organization 
Article 4 Membership  in the  Organization 
Article 5 Membership  by intergovernmental organizations 
CHAPTER IV; INTERNATIONAL  JUTE COUNCIL 
Article 6 Composition  of the  International Jute Council 
Article 7 Powers and functions  of the  Council 
Article 8 Chairman  and Vice-Chairman  of the  Council 
Article 9 Sessions  of the  Council 
Article 10 Distribution  of. votes. 
Article 11 Voting procedure  of the  Council 
Article 12 Decisions  and recommendations  of the  Council 
Article 13 Quorum  for the Council 
Article 14 Co-operation with other organizations 
Article 15 Admission  of observers 
Article 16 Executive Director  and staff 
CHAPTER V: PRIVILEGES  AND IMMUNITIES . 
Article 17 Privileges  and immunities 
CHAPTER VI: FINANCE 
Article 18 Financial  accounts 
Article 19 Forms of payment 
Article 20 Audit and publication  of accounts 
Article 21 Administrative  Account 
Article 22 Special  Account 
CHAPTER VII: OPERATIONAL  ACTIVITIES 
Article 23 Projects 
Article 24 Research  and development 
Article 25 Market promotion 
Article 26 Cost reduction 
Article 27 Criteria  for approval  of projects 
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CONTENTS  (continued) 
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CHAPTER  Villi RELATIONSHIP  WITH THE COMMON FUND.FOR  COMMODITIES 
Article 29, Relationship with  the Common Fund for Commodities 
CHAPTER IX: CONSIDERATION  OF IMPORTANT  ISSUES CONCERNING JUTE 
AND JUTE  PRODUCTS 
Article 30 Consideration  of stabilization,  competition with 
synthetics  and other issues 
CHAPTER X:  STATISTICS,  STUDIES AND INFORMATION 
Article 31 Statistics  and studies  and information 
Article 32 Annual  report and report on assessment  and review 
CHAPTER  XI: MISCELLANEOUS 
Article 33 Complaints  and disputes 
Article  34 General obligations  of members 
Article 35 Relief  from obligations 
Article 36 Differential  and remedial  measures 
CHAPTER  XII: FINAL PROVISIONS 
Article 37 Signature,  ratification,  acceptance  and approval 
Article 30 Depositary 
Article 39 Notification  of provisional  application 
Article 40 Entry  into force 
Article 41 Accession 
Article 42 Amendments 
Article 43 Withdrawal 
Article 44 Exclusion 
Article 45 Settlement  of accounts with withdrawing  or 
excluded  members or members  unable to 
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Annex A Shares of individual  exporting countries  in total net 
exports of jute and jute products  of countries 
participating  in the  United Nations  Conference  on Jute 
and Jute Products,  198l» as  established for  the 
purposes  of article 40. 
Annex B Shares of individual  importing countries  and groups of 
countries  in total net imports of jute and jute 
products  of countries  participating  in the 
United Nations  Conference  on Jute and Jute Products, 
1981, as established for  the purposes  of article 40. 

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PREAMBLE 
The Parties  to this Agreement, 
Recalling'the Declaration  and Programme of  Action on the  Establishment  of a 
, New International  Economic Order, 
. Recalling resolutions  93 (IV) and 124 (V) on the  Integrated  Programme for 
Commodities adopted  by the  United Nations  Conference  on Trade and Development  at 
its fourth and fifth sessions, 
Recalling further the•Substantial  New Programme of  Action for the  1980s for 
the Least Developed  Countriesj  and in  particular  paragraph  82 thereof, 
Recognizing  the importance  of jute and jute products  to the  economies  of many 
developing.exporting  countriesj 
Considering  that close international  co-operation  in finding solutions  to the 
problems  facing  this commodity  will further  the economic development  of the 
exporting countries  and strengthen  economic  co-operation  between  exporting  and 
importing countries, 
Have agreed .as follows: 

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CHAPTER I -  OBJEC'i ES 
Article 1  
Objects :s 
1. For lie  benefit  of both exporting  and importing  members, and  with a view to 
achieving  the relevant objectives  adopted  by the  United Nations  Conference  on 
Trade and Development  in its resolutions  93 (IV) and 124 (V) on the  Integrated 
Programme  for Commodities  and taking account  of its resolution  9'C> (IV), the 
objectives  of the  International  Agreement  on Juts and Jute Products,  1982 
(hereinafter referred  to as  "this Agreement")  shall be: 
(a) To improve  structural  conditions  in the  jute market; 
(b) To enhance  the competitiveness  of jute and jute products; 
(c) To maintain  and enlarge  existing  markets  as well as to develop  new 
markets for jute and jute products; 
(d) To develop  production  of jute and jute products  with a view to improving, 
inter alia, chair quality  for the  benefit of importing  and exporting  members; 
(e) To develop  production,  exports  and imports  of jute and jute products  as 
regards  quantity  so as to meet the  requirements  of world demand and  supply. 
2. The  objectives referred  to in  paragraph  1 of this, article  should be met in 
particular  by means of: s 
(a) Projects  of research  and development,  market  promotion  and cost reduction 
(b) Collation  and dissemination  of information  relating  to jute and jute 
products; 
(c) Consideration  of important  issues  concerning  jute and jute products,  such 
as the questions  of stabilization  of prices and supplies  and of  competition  with 
synthetics  and substitutes. 

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CHAPTER II  - DEFINITIONS 
Article  2  
Definitions 
For the purposes  of this Agreement: 
(1) "Jute" means raw  jute, kenaf and other allied  fibres,  including 
Urena Lobata,  Abutilon  Avicennae  and Cephalonema  Polyandrum; 
(2) "Jute products"  means  products  made wholly or almost  wholly of jute, or 
products whose  largest  component  by weight is jute; 
(3) "Member" means a  Government  or an intergovernmental organization  as 
provided for in  article  5 which has consented  to be bound by thio Agreement 
provisionally  or definitively; 
(4) "Exporting  member" means a  member whose exports  of jute and jute products 
exceed its imports  of jute and jute products  and which has declared  itself to be an 
exporting  member; 
(5) "Importing  member" means a  member whose imports  of jute and jute products 
exceed its exports  of jute and jute products  and which has declared  itself to be an 
importing  member; 
(6) "Organization"  means the  International Jute Organization established  in 
accordance  with article  3; 
(7) "Council"  means the  International Jute Council established  in accordance 
with article  6; 
(8) "Special  vote"^means  a vote requiring  at least two thirds of the  votes 
cast by exporting  members  present  and voting and at  least two thirds of the. votes 
cast by importing  members  present  and voting,  counted  separately,  on condition that 
these votes are cast by a majority  of exporting  members and by at  least four 
importing  members  present  and voting; 
(9) . "Simple  distributed majority vote"  means a  vote requiring  more than half 
of the total votes of exporting  members  present  and voting and more  than half of 
the total votes of the  importing  members  present  and voting counted  separately. 
The votes required  for exporting  members  must be cast by a majority  of exporting 
members  present  and voting; 
(10) "Financial year"  means the  period from  1 July to  30 June inclusive; 
(11) "Jute year"  means the  period from  1 July to  30 June inclusive; 

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(12) "E-ports  of jute" or "exports  of jute products"  means any  jute or jute 
products  hich leave the customs  territory'  of any'member; and  "imports  of jute" or 
"imports of jute products"  means .any  jute or jute .products which enter  the customs 
territory  of any member,  provided  that, for the  purposes''of these  definitions,  custotM 
territory shall,  in the  case of a member  which comprises  more than one customs 
territory,  be deemed to  refer to the  combined  customs  territories  of that member; 
and 
(13) "Freely  usable  currencies"  means the  deutsche  mark, the  French franc, 
the Japanese  yen, the  pound sterling,  the United States  dollar and any  other currency 
which ha3 been designated from -time  to time by a competent  international  monetary 
organization  as being in fact widely  used to make  payments  for international 
transactions  and widely traded  in the  principal  exchange  markets. 

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CHAPTER  III - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION 
Article  3 ... 
Establishment, headquarters  and structure  of the  
International  Jute Organization 
1. The  International Jute Organization  is hereby established  to administer  the 
provisions  and supervise  the operation  of this Agreement. 
2. The  Organization  shall function through  the International Jute Council  and 
the Committee  on Projects  as permanent  bodies,  and the  Executive Director  and the 
staff. The Council  may, by  special  vote, establish  for specific  purposes  committees 
and working  groups  with specified  terms of reference.. 
3. The  headquarters  of the  Organization  shall be in Dacca, Bangladesh. 
4. The  headquarters  of the  Organization  shall at all times  be located  in the 
territory  of a member. 
Article  4  
Membership  in the  Organization 
1. There  shall be two  categories  of membership  in the  Organization,  namely: 
(a) exporting;  and 
(b) importing. 
2. A member may  change  its category  of ruembership  on such conditions  as the 
Council  shall establish. 
Article  5 
Membership  by intergovernmental organizations 
1. Any  reference  in this Agreement  to "Governments"  shall be construed  as including 
the European  Economic  Community  and any  other intergovernmental organization having 
responsibilities  in respect of the  negotiation, conclusion  and application  of 
international  agreements,  in particular  commodity  agreements.  Accordingly,  any 
reference  in this Agreement  to signature,  ratification,  acceptance  or approval,  or 
to notification  of provisional  application,  or to  accession  shall, in the  case of 
such intergovernmental organizations,  be construed  as including  a reference  to 
signature,  ratification,  acceptance  or approval,  or to  notification  of provisional 
application,  or to accession,  by such intergovernmental organizations. 
2. In the  case of voting on matters within  their competence,  such intergovernmental 
organizations  shall vote with  a number of  votes equal  to the  total number of  votes 
attributable  to their member  States in accordance  with article  10. In  such cases, 
the member  States of such intergovernmental organizations  shall not be  entitled  to 
exercise  their individual  voting  rights. 

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CHAPTER IV - INTERNATIONAL JUTE COUNCIL . 
Article 6 
Composition  of the  International Jute Council 
1. The  highest authority  of the  Organization  shall be the  International Jute 
Council,  which phall consist  of all the members of the  Organization. 
2. Each member  shall be represented  in the  Council by one  delegate,  and may 
designate alternates  and advisers  to attend sessions  of the  Council. 
3. An  alternate delegate  shall be empowered to act and  vote on behalf of the 
delegate during  the latter's  absence  or in  special circumstances. 
Article 7  
Powers and functions  of the  Counoil 
1. The  Council  shall exercise all  such powers and perform  or arrange  for the 
performance  of all such functions  as are  necessary  to carry out the  provisions  of 
this Agreement. 
2. The  Council  shall, by special vote,  adopt such rules and regulations  as are 
necessary  to carry out the  provisions  of this Agreement  and are  consistent therewith', 
including  its own rules of procedure  and.the  financial  and staff regulations  of the 
Organization.  Such  financial  rules and regulations  shall govern,  inter alia, the 
receipt and expenditure  of funds under the Administrative  and Special  Accounts, 
The Council  may, in  its rules  of procedure,  provide for  a procedure  whereby  it may, 
without meeting,  decide  specific  questions. 
3. The  Council  shall keep such records  as are  required  for the  performance  of its 
functions  under this Agreement. 
Article  8 
Chairman  and Vice-Chairman  of the  Council 
1. The  Council  shall elect for  each jute year a Chairman  and a Vice-Chairman,  who 
shall not be  paid by the  Organization. 
2. The  Chairman  and the  Vice-Chairman  shall be elected,  one from among the 
representatives  of exporting  members and the  other from among the  representatives  of 
importing  members.  These  offices shall  alternate  each year between  the two 
categories  of members,  provided,  however,  that thi3  shall not prohibit  the 
re-election  of either or both, under exceptional circumstances,  by special  vote of 
the Council. 
3,. In the  temporary  absence  of the  Chairman,  the Vice-Chairman  shall act in his 
place. In the  temporary  absence  of both the Chairman  and the  Vice-Chairman  or th4 
"•^permanent  absence  of one or  both of them, the Council may elect new officers  from-
Sjaong the representatives  of the  exporting  members  and /or from among the  :.  -
representatives  of the  importing  members, as the  case may be, on a  temporary  or ·.; 
pertinent basis.  . 

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Article  9  
Sessions of the  Council 
1. As a  general  rule, the Council  shall hold one regular session  in each half of 
the jute year. 
2. The  Council  shall meet in  special session  whenever  it so decides or at the 
request of: 
(a) The Executive Director,  in agreement  with the Chairman  of the  Council;  or 
(b) A majority  of exporting  members or a  majority  of importing  members; or 
(c) Members  holding  at least  500 votes. 
3. Sessions  of the  Council  shall be held at the  headquarters  of the  Organization 
unless the Council,  by special vote, decides otherwise.  If on the  invitation  of any 
member the Council  meets elsewhere  than at the  headquarters  of the  Organization, that 
member shall pay the  additional cost  of holding the meeting  away from headquarters. 
4. Notice  of any  session  and the  agenda for the  session  shall be communicated  to 
members by the  Executive Director  at least  30 days in advance,  except in cases of 
emergency  when notice  shall be communicated  at least seven days in advance. 
Article  10  
Distributir."i  of votes 
1. The  exporting  members  shall together hold  1,000 votes and the  importing  members 
shall together hold  1,000 votes.  ' 
2. The  votes of the  exporting  members  shall be distributed  as follows:  150 votes 
shall be divided equally  among all exporting  members to the  nearest whole vote for 
each member; the  remaining votes  shall be distributed  in proportion  to the  average 
volume of their net exports of jute and jute products  during the preceding three 
jute years, provided that  the maximum number of  votes of any  exporting  member  shall 
not exceed  450. The  surplus votes  in excess of the maximum  shall be distributed  to 
all exporting  members  having less  than  250 votes individually,  in proportion  to 
their trade shares. 
3· The  votes of importing  members  shall be distributed  as follows:  each importing 
member shall have up to  five initial  votes provided that  the total of initial  votes 
3hall not exceed  125. The  remaining votes  shall be distributed  in proportion  to the 
annual average  of the  volume of their respective  net imports of jute and jute 
products  during the three-year period  commencing  four calendar  years  prior to'the 
distribution  of votes. 
4. The  Council  shall distribute  the votes for each financial  year at the  beginning 
of the first session  of that year in accordance  with the provisions  of this article. 
Such distribution  shall remain in effect for the  rest of thnt jar,  except as 
provided for in  paragraph  5 of this articl... 

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5. Whenever  the membership  of the  Organization  changes  or when any member has  its 
voting rights  suspended  or restored  under any provision  of this Agreement,  the Council 
shall redistribute  the votes within  the affected category  or categories  of members 
in accordance  with the provisions  of this article.  The.;Council  shall decide the 
date on which the redistribution  of votes shall become  effective. 
6. . There shall be no  fractional  votes. 
7. In  rounding  to the  nearest whole vote, any fraction  less than 0.5 shall be 
rounded downward  and any  fraction  greater  .than or equal to 0.5  shall be rounded 
upward  ; 
Article 11 
Voting, procedure  of the  Council. 
1, Each member  shall be entitled  to cast the number of votes it holds  and no member 
shall be entitled  to divide its votes.  A member may,  however,  cast differently  from 
such votes any votes which  it. is authorized,  to cast under paragraph  2 of this article. 
2. By written  notification  to the  Chairman  of the  Council,  any exporting  member 
may authorize  any other exporting  member, and any  importing  member may  authorize  any 
other importing  member, to  represent its  interests:  and to  cast its votes  at any 
meeting or session of the  Council. 
3. A member  authorized  by another  member to  cast the votes held  by the  authorizing 
member under article  10 shall,.cast  such votes in accordance  with the instructions  of 
the. authorizing  member. 
4. When  abstaining,  a member  shall be.: deemed not to  have cast its votes. 
Article 12 
Decisions  and recommendations  of the  Council 
1. The Council  shall endeavour  to take all decisions,  and make  all recommendations, 
by consensus*.  If a consensus  is, not arrived at, all decisions  of the  Council  shall 
be taken,  and all recommendations  shall be made, by a  simple distributed majority 
vote, unless  this Agreement  provides for  a special vote. 
2. Where a member  avails  itself of the  provisions  of article 11, paragraph  2, and 
its votes are cast at a meeting  of the  Council,  such member  shall,  for.the  purpose 
of paragraph  1 of this article,  be considered  as present and voting. 
3. All decisions  and recommendations  Of the  Council  shall be consistent with  the 
provisions  of this Agreement. 

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Article  15 
Quorum for the Council 
1. The quorum  for any  meeting  of the Council  shall be the  presence  of a majority 
of exporting  members  and a majority of importing  members,  provided that:  such members 
hold at  least two thirds  of the  total votes in  their respective categories,, 
2. If there is no  quorum  in accordance  with paragraph  1 of this article  on the day 
fixed for the  meeting  and on the following day, the  quorum  on the  third day and 
thereafter  shall be the  presence  of a majority of exporting  members  and a majority of 
importing  members,  provided that  such members  hold a majority of the  total votes in 
their respective categories. 
3v: Representation in  accordance  with article  11, paragraph  2, shall be considered 
as presence. 
Article  14 
Co-operation with other organizations 
1. The Organization  shall,  to the maximum  extent possible,  rely upon and fully . 
utilize the facilities,  services and expertise of organizations  such as the 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  (FAO),  the International 
Trade'Centre  UNCTAD/GATT  (ITC), the United Nations  Industrial  Development  Organization 
and the United Nations  Conference  on Trade and Development  (UNCTAD).  In the.event 
that their facilities,  services and expertise are considered by the Council to be 
deficient  or inadequate  for the  effective  functioning of the Organization, the Council 
shall decide,  where circumstances so warrant, to take the necessary action to  have the 
work carried  out effectively,  if necessary by the Organization on  its. own. 
2." The Council  shall make whatever  arrangements  are appropriate for consultation 
or co-operation with the United Nations and its  organs,  in particular  UNCTAD,  and 
with FAO and  such other specialized agencies of the United Nations and; intergovernmental 
and non-governmental  organizations as may be appropriate. 
3. The Council, bearing in  mind the particular  role of UNCTAD  in the  field of 
international  commodity  trade,  shall,  as appropriate,  keep that organization informed 
of its activities  and programmes  of work. 
Article 15 
Admission  of observers 
The Council may  invite  any non-member  country or any of the organizations 
referred  to in  article  14 and  article  31 concerned  with international trade in jute 
and jute products or with the jute industry to attend as observers any of the  meetings 
of the Council. 

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Article  16  
Executive Director  and staff 
1. The  Council  shall, by special vote,  appoint  the Executive Director. 
2. The terms and conditions  of appointment  of the  Executive Director  shall be 
determined  by the  Council. 
3. The Executive Director  shall be the  chief administrative  officer  of the 
Organization  and shall be responsible  to the  Council for the administration  and 
operation  of this Agreement  in accordance  with the decisions  of the  Council. 
4. The  Executive Director  shall appoint  the staff in accordance  with the regulations 
established  by the  Council.  The Council  shall at its first session  decide on the 
number of executive  and professional  staff the Executive Director  may appoint  for the 
initial five-year, period.  Such  staff shall  be recruited  in stages. Any changes in 
the number of executive  and professional  staff shall  be decided by the  Council by 
special  vote. The staff shall  be responsible  to the  Executive Director. 
5. Neither  the Executive Director  nor any member of the  staff shall  have any 
financial  interest  in the  jute industry  or trade, or associated  commercial  activities. 
6. In the  performance  of their duties,  the Executive Director  and other staff shall 
not seek or receive instruction  from any member or  from any other authority external 
to the Organization.  They  shall refrain  from any action which might  reflect  on their 
positions  as international  officials  ultimately responsible  to the  Council.  Each 
member shall respect  the exclusively international character  of the  responsibilities 
of the Executive Director  and other  staff and shall not seek to influence  them in the 
discharge  of their responsibilities. 

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CHAPTER V - PRIVILEGES  AND IMMUNITIES 
Article  1?  
Privileges  and Immunities 
1. The Organization  shall have legal personality.  It shall in particular  have 
the capacity  to contract, acquire  and dispose of movable and immovable  property 
ar.d to institute  legal proceedings. 
2. The Organization  shall, as soon as possible  after the entry into, force of 
this .Agreement,  seek to conclude with  the Government  of the  country in which the 
headquarters  of the  Organization  is to be  situated (hereinafter referred  to as "the 
host Government")  an agreement  (hereinafter referred  to as "the  Headquarters 
Agreement")  relating  to such status,  privileges  and immunities  of the  Organization,  . 
of its Executive Director, its  staff and experts,  and of  delegates  of members,  as 
are reasonably necessary  for the purpose of discharging  their functions. 
3. Pending the conclusion  of the  Headquarters  Agreement  referred  to in paragraph  2 
of this article,  the Organization  shall request  the host Government  to grant, within 
the.limits  of its national  legislation,  exemption  from taxation  on remuneration paid 
by the Organization  to its employees,  and on th?  assets,  income and other property 
of the Organization. 
4. The Organization  may also conclude, with  one or  more countries,  agreements  to 
be approved  by the  Council  relating  to such privileges  and immunities  as may be 
iece3sary  for the proper functioning  of this Agreement. 
5. , If the  headquarters  of the  Organization  is moved to another country  which is 
a member of the  Organization, that  member  shall, as soon as possible, conclude 
with the Organization  a headquarters  agreement  to be approved  by the  Council. 
6. The Headquarters  Agreement  shall be Independent  of this Agreement.  It shall, 
however,  terminate: 
(a) By agreement between  the host Government  and the  Organization; 
(b) In the  event of the  headquarters  of the  Organization being  moved from 
the country  of the  host Government;  or 
(c) In the  event of the  Organization ceasing  to exist. 

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CHAPTER  VI - FINANCE 
Article  18  
Financial  accounts 
1. There shall be established  two accounts: 
(a) The  Administrative  Account; and 
(b) The  Special  Account. 
2. . The Executive Director  shall be responsible  for the  administration  of these 
accounts and the  Council  shall make provision  in its  rules of procedure  therefor. 
Article  19 ' · 
Forms of payment 
1. Contributions  to the  Administrative  Account  shall, be payable in  freely usable 
currencies  and shall be exempt  from foreign  exchange  restrictions. 
2. Financial contributions  to the  Special  Account  shall be payable in  freely 
usable currencies  and shall be exempt  from foreign  exchange  restrictions. 
3- The Council  may also decide to accept other forms of  contributions  to the 
Special Account,  including  scientific  and tachnical  equipment  or manpower,  to meet 
the requirements of approved  projects. 
Article  20  
Audit and publication  of accounts 
1. The Council  shall appoint  auditors  for the purpose of  auditing  its book3 of 
account. 
2. An independently  audited  statement of th-3  Administrative  Account and of the 
Special Account  shall be made available  to members  as soon as possible after  the 
close of each  jute year, but not  later than six  months  after that  date, and be 
considered  for approval by the  Council  at its next  session,  as appropriate.  A 
summary of the  audited  accounts and balance sheet  shall thereafter  be published. 
Article  21  
Administrative  Account 
1. The expenses necessary for tho  administration  of this Agreement  shall be 
brought into the Administrative  Account and  shall be met by annual  contributions 
from members  in accordance  with their respective constitutional  or institutional' 
procedures assessed in accordance  with paragraphs  3, 4 and  5 of this article. 
2. The expenses of  delegations.-to  the Council,  the Committee  on Projects  and to 
the committees and working groups  referred  to in  article  3» paragraph  2, shall be 
met by the  members  concerned , In cases  where a member  requests  special services 
from the  Organization,  the Council dhall require that  member  to pay the  costs of 
such services. 

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3« During  the second half of each financial  year, the Council  shall approve  the 
administrative  budget of the  Organization.for  the following  financial  year and 
shall assess the contribution  of ea_ch member to  that budget. 
4. The contribution  of each member to the  administrative  budget  for each financial 
year shall be in the  proportion  which the number of its votes at the  time the 
administrative  budget  for that  financial  year is approved  bears to the  total votes 
of all the members.' In  assessing contributions,  the votes of each member  shall be 
calculated  without regard  to the  suspension  of any member's  voting rights or 1 any 
redistribution  of votes resulting therefrom. 
5. The initial  contribution  of any member  joining  the Organization after  the entry 
into force of this Agreement  shall bë assessed  by the  Council on the  basis Of the 
number of votes to be held by it and the  period remaining  in the  current  financial 
year, but the  assessment  made upon other members  for the current  financial  year 
shall not thereby be altered. 
6. Contributions  to the  first administrative  budget  shall become due on a  date 
to be decided by the  Council at its first session. Contributions  to subsequent 
administrative  budgets  shall become due on the  first day of  each financial  year. 
Contributions  of members in  respect of the  financial  year in which they join the 
Organization  shall be due on the  date on which they become members. 
7. If a member has not  paid its  full contribution  to the  administrative  budget 
within two months  after such contribution  becomes  due in  accordance  with paragraph  6 
of this article,  the Executive Director  shall request that  member to make  payment  as 
quickly as possible.  If the member has  still not paid its contribution within  two 
months after such request, it  shall be requested  to state the reasons  for its 
inability  to.maka  payment.  If at the  expiry of six months  from the due  date of 
contribution  that member has  still not paid its contribution, its voting rights 
shall be suspended  unless the Council,  by special vote, decides otherwise.  If that 
member  still fails to pay  its contribution  at the.expiry  of a period of one  month 
from the date of suspension  of its voting  rights,  all rights  of that member  under 
thi3 Agreement  shall be suspended  by the  Council  until such time as it has paid in 
full its contribution, unless  the Council by special  vote decides otherwise. 
8. A member  whose rights have been suspended  under paragraph  7 of this article 
shall in particular  remain  liable to pay  its contribution. 

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Article  22  
Special Account 
1. There  shall be established  two sub-accounts  under the Special  Account: 
(a) The Pre-Project  Sub-Account;  and 
(b) The Project  Sub-Account. 
2. All expenditures  for the  Pre-Project  Sub-Account  shall be reimbursed  from the 
Project Subaccount  if projects  are subsequently  approved  and funded.  If within 
six months of the  entry into force of this Agreement  the Council  does not receive 
any funds for the  Pre-Project  Sub-Account,  it shall review the situation  and take 
appropriate action.  , 
3. All receipts pertaining  to specific  identifiable  projects  shall be brought 
into the Special  Account.  All expenditures incurred  on such projects, including 
remuneration  and travel expenses  of consultants  and experts,  shall be charged  to 
the Special  Account. 
4. The  possible sources  of financ;  for the  Special  Account  3hallbe: 
(a) The Second Account  of the Common Fund for Commodities,  when established; 
(b) Regional  and international  financial  institutions  namely,  the United Nations 
Development  Programme,  the World Bank, the Asian Development  Bank, the Int'jr--American 
Development  Bank and the  African  Development  Bank, etc.; and 
(c) Voluntary contributions. 
5· The  Council  shall, by special vote, establish  terms and conditions  on which 
it would, when and  where appropriate,  sponsor  projects  for loan financing,  where 
a member or members  have voluntarily  assumed  full obligations  and responsibilities 
for such loans. The Organization  shall have no obligations  for 3uch loans. 
6. The  Council  may nominate  and sponsor  any entity with the consent  of that entity, 
including  a member or members, to  receive loans  for the  financing  of approved 
projects  and to  undertake  all the obligations involved,  except  that the Organization 
shall reserve  to itself the right to monitor  the use of  resources  and to  follow up 
on the implementation  of projects  so financed.  However,  the Organization  shall not 
be responsible for  guarantees  given by individual  members or  other entities. 
7. Mo member  shall bo responsible  by reason of its membership  in the  Organization 
for any liability  arising  from borrowing  or lending  by any  other member or  entity 
in connectioa with projects. 
3. 7r, the-  .uvev.-t that <· .·! untary unearmarked  funds are offered  to the  Organization, 
the. Council  v,ay accept such funds. Such funds may be  utilized  for pre-project 
activities  as well as for  approved  projects. 

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9. The Executive Director  shall endeavour  to seek, on such terms and conditions 
as the Council may decide,  adequate  and assured  finance  for projects  approved  by 
the Council . 
10. The resources  of the  Special  Account  shall be used only for approved  projects 
or for pre-project  activities. 
11. Contributions  for specified  approved  projects  shall be used only for the 
projects for which th.^y wsre originally  intended  unless  otherwise  decided  by the 
Council in agreement  with the contributor. After  the completion  of a project,  the 
Organization  3hall  return to each contributor  for specific  projects  the balance  of 
any funds remaining  pro rata to each contributor's  share in the  total of the 
contributions  originally  made available  for financing that project,  unless  otherwise 
agreed to* by'the  contributor. 
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CHAPTER VII - OPERATIONAL  ACTIVITIES 
Article 25  
Projects 
1. In order to achieve the objectives  set out in  article 1, the  Council  shall, 
on a continuing basis  and in  accordance  with the provisions  of article 14» 
paragraph  1, identify,  arrange  for the preparation  and implementation  of, and, with 
a view to ensuring  their effectiveness, follow  up projects  in the  fields of research, 
and development,  market promotion  and cost reduction  and other relevant projects 
approved  by.the  Council. 
2. . The Executive Director  shall submit  proposals  on projects referred  to in 
paragraph  1 of this article  to the  Committee  on Projects.  Such  proposals  shall be 
circulated  to all members at  least two months  before the session of the  Committee 
at which they are to be  considered.  On the  "basis of these proposals,  the Committee 
shall decide  which pre-project  activities, shall  "be undertaken.  Such  pre-project 
activities  shall be arranged  by the  Executive Director  in accordance  with rules  and 
regulations  to be adopted  by the  Council. 
3« The  results  of the  pre-project  activities  including detailed costings, possible 
benefits,  duration, location  and possible executing agencies,  shall be submitted  by 
the-Executive Director  to the  Committee  after  circulation  to all members at  least 
two months  before the session of the  Committee  at which they are to be  considered. 
4. The  Committee  shall consider  the results  of such pre-project  activities  and 
make recommendations  on the  projects  to the  Council. 
5. The Council  shall consider  the recommendations  and shall, "by special vote, 
decide on the  proposed  projects for financing  in accordance  with article  22 and 
article 27· 
6. The  Council  shall decide on the  relative priorities  of projects. 
7. Initially,  the Council  shall give priority  to projects  prepared  by FAQ and ITC 
for the Preparatory  Meetings  on Jute and Jute Products  under the Integrated  Programme 
for Commodities  and to  such other viable projects  as the  Council may approve. 
8. The  Council  shall obtain the approval  of a member  before approving  a project  in 
the territory  of that member. 
9. The  Council may, by  special vote, terminate its  sponsorship  of any  project. 

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Article 24 
Research and  development 
Projects  relating  to research and  development  should  inter  alia be aimed at: 
(a) Improving  agricultural  productivity  and fibre quality; 
(b) Improving manufacturing processes  for.existing  and new products; 
(c) Finding new  end-uses  and improving  existing  products. 
Article 25 
Market promotion 
Projects  relating  to market  promotion should  inter  alia be aimed at the 
maintenance  and expansion of  markets  for existing  products and  finding  markets  for 
new products. . .  , ' . 
Article  26 
Cost reduction 
The projects  relating  to cost reduction should,  inter.alia , be aimed at,'in 
so far as appropriate, improving processes and techniques  relating  to agricultural 
'productivity  and fibre quality,  as well as improvement  of processes and techniques 
relating  to labour, 'material end  capital  costs in the  jute manufacturing industry 
and developing and maintaining, for the use of  members,  information on the  most 
efficient  processes and techniques  currently  av.ailable  to the  jute economy. 
Article  27 • 
Criteria  for approval of projects 
Approval of projects by the Council  shall be based on the  following  criteria! 
(a) 'They  shall have the potential  of benefiting,  at present or in the  future, 
more than one exporting  member  and tee of benefit to the  jute economy  as a whole; 
(b) They shall be related  to the  maintenance  or expansion of  international 
trade in jute and jute products; 
(c) They shall offer prospects for favourable  economic  results  in relation 
to costs in the short term or in the long term; 
(d) They shall be designed to be consistent with the  size, of the  international 
trade in jute and jute products; 
(e) They shall have the potential  for improving the general competitiveness 
or market  prospects of  jute and jute products. 

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Article 28 
Committee  on Projects 
1. A Committee  on Projects {hereinafter referred.to  as "the  Committee")  is 
hereby established.  It shall be responsible  to, and work under  the general 
direction  of, the Council.  i 
2. Participation  in the Committee  shall be open to all members. The  rules of 
procedure  as well as the  distribution  of votes and voting procedure  of the 
Committee  shall be those of the  Council  icatatis  mutandis . The Committee  shall, 
unless it decides  otherwise,  meet four times a year or at the  request of the 
Council. 
3. The  functions  of the  Committee  shall be: 
{&} To  consider  and technically appraise  and evaluate project  proposals 
referred to in  article  23; . ' 
(b) To decide on pre-project  activities;  and 
(c) To make recommendations  to the  Council relating  to projects. 

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CHAPTER  VIII - RELATIONSHIP  WITH THE  COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES 
Article 29 
Relationship  with the Common  Fund for Commodities 
When the Common  Fund becomes  operational,  the Organization  3hall take full 
advantage  of the  facilities  of the 'Common Fund according  to the  principles  set 
out-in the Agreement  establishing  the Common  Fund for Commodities. 

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CHAPTER IX - CONSIDERATION OF IMPORTANT  ISSUES 
CONCERNING  JUTE AND JUTE PRODUCTS 
Article 50 
Consideration  of stabilization,  competition  
with synthetics  and other issues 
1. The  Council  shall continue consideration  of the  questions  of stabilization  of 
prices and supplies of. jute  and jute products  for export with  a view to finding 
solutions  therefor. Following  such consideration,  any i.solution  agreed upon that 
entails measures  not already  explicitly  provided  for in this Agreement  may only be 
implemented  by an amendment of  this Agreement  pursuant  to article 42. 
2. The Council  shall consider issues  relating  to competition  between  jute and jute-
products on the one  hand, and synthetics  and substitutes  on the  other. 
3. The Council  shall make arrangements  for the continuing consideration  of other • 
important issues relevant  to jute and jute products. 

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.. CHAPTER X - STATISTICS,  STUDIES AMD INFORMATION 
Article 31  
Statistics  and studies and information  
1. The Council  shall establish close,  relationships  with appropriate international 
- organizations,  in particular  FAO, in  order to help ensure the availability  of 
recent and reliable  data and information  on all factors  affecting  jute and jute product 
The Organization  shall collect, collate  and as  necessary publish  such statistical 
information  on production, trade, supply, stocks,  consumption  and prices of jute, jute 
products, synthetics  and substitutes  as is necessary for  the operation  of this 
Agreement. 
2. Members  shall furnish  statistics  and information within  a reasonable  time to thé 
fullest extent possible  not inconsistent with  their national  legislation. 
3· The Council  shall arrange to have studies  undertaken  of the  trends and of the 
short- and long-term  problems  of the  world jute  economy. 
4· The Council  shall ensure that no information published  shall prejudice  the 
confidentiality  of the  operations  of persons or companies  producing, processing  or 
marketing  jute, jute products, synthetics  and substitutes. 
Article 32 
Annual report and report on assessment  and review 
1. The Council  shall, within six  months of the  close of each jute year, publish  an 
annual report on its activities  and such other information  as it considers appropriate. 
2. The Council  shall annually assess  and review the world jute  situation  and outlook, 
including  the state of competition with synthetics  and substitutes,  a.nd shall inform 
members of the  results of the  review. 
3. The review shall be carried out in the  light of information supplied  by members 
in relation  to national production, stocks, exports  and imports,  consumption  and prices, 
of jute and jute products  and synthetics  and substitutes  and such other information  as 
may be available  to the Council either  directly  or through the appropriate organizations 
in the United Nations  system,  including  UNCTAD and FAO, and  appropriate 
intergovernmental  and non-governmental  organizations. 

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CHAPTER XI - MISCELLANEOUS 
Article  55 
•• --. - Complaints.-and  disputes 
Any complaint "that  a member has failed to fulfil its obligation  under .this 
Agreement  and any  dispute concerning the- interpretation  or application  of this 
Agreement  shall be referred  to the  Council for decision. Decisions  of the  Council 
on these matters  shall be final and binding. 
Article  54  
General obligations  of members 
1. Members  shall for the duration  of this Agreement  use their best endeavours  and 
co-operate  to promote the attainment  of its objectives  and to  avoid action  in 
contradiction  to them. 
2. Members  undertake  to accept as binding decisions  of the  Council under the 
provisions  of this Agreement,  and shall seek to refrain from implementing  measures 
which would have the effect of limiting  or running counter  to them. 
Article  55  
Relief from obligations-  • -
1. Where  it is necessary  on accciunt of exceptional circumstances  or emergency  or 
force majeure not expressly provided for  in this Agreement,  the Council may, by 
special vote, relieve  a member of an obligation  under this Agreement  if it is 
satisfied  by an explanation  from that member  regarding  the reasons why the  obligation 
cannot be met. 
2. The  Council,  in granting  relief to a member under paragraph  1 of this article, 
'shall state explicitly  the terms and 'conditions  on which, and the  period for  which, 
the member  is relieved  of such obligation,  and the  reasons  for which the relief is 
granted. 
Article 56  
Differential  and remedial  measures 
1. Developing  importing  members whose  interests  are adversely affected  by measures 
taken under this Agreement  may apply to the  Council for appropriate  differential  and 
remedial measures.  The Council  shall consider taking appropriate  measures  in 
accordance  with paragraphs  3 and 4-of  section III  of resolution  93 (IV) of the 
United Nations  Conference  on Trade and Development. 
2. Without  prejxidice  to the interests  of other exporting  members, the  Council  shall, 
in all its  activities,  give special consideration  to the needs of a particular  least 
developed  exporting  member. 

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CHAPTER XII - PINAL PROVISIONS 
Article  57 
Signature,  ratification,  acceptance  and approval 
1. ' This Agreement  shall be.open for  signature  at United Nations  Headqua.rters 
from 3 January to 30 June 1983 inclusive  by Governments  invited to the 
United Nations  Conference  on Jute and Jute Products,  1981. 
2. Any Government  referred  to in paragraph  1 of this article may: 
(a) At the  time of signing  this Agreement,  declare that  by such signature 
it expresses its  consent to be bound by this" Agreement; 
(b) After signing  this Agreement,  ratify,  accept or approve  it by the 
deposit of an instrument  to this effect with the deposita.ry. 
Article 58  
Depositary 
The Secretary-General  of the  United Nations  is hereby designated  a.s the 
depositary  of this Agreement. 
Article 59  
Notification  of provisional application 
1. A signatory  Government  which intends to ratify, accept or approve  this 
Agreement,  or a Government for  which the Council ha-s established conditions  for 
accession  but which has not yet  been able to deposit its instrument,  may, at any 
time, notify the deposita.ry that it  will apply this Agreement  provisionally 
either when it enters  into force in accordance  with article'  40 or, if  it is 
already in force, at a specified  date. At the  time of its notification  of 
provisional  application,  each Government  shall declare  itself to be an  exporting 
member or an  importing  member. 
2. A Government  which has notified  under pa.ragraph  1 of .this article  that it 
will apply this Agreement  either when this Agreement  enters into force or, if 
this Agreement is  already in force, at.  a specified  date shall, from that time, 
be a provisional  member of the  Organization,  until it deposits its instrument 
of ratification,  approval,  acceptance  or accession  and thus becomes  a. member. 
Article 40 
Entry into force (Ltl^uh*«-M 
1. This Agreement  shall enter into force/^on  1 July 1983 or on any  date thereafter, 
if by that date three Governments  accounting  for at least 85 per  cent of net  exports 
as set out  in annex  A to this Agreement,  and 20 Governments  accounting  for a.t  least 
65 per cent of net  imports a.s set out  in annex  B to this Agreement have  signed this 
Agreement  pursuant  to article 37, para.graph  2(a.), or have deposited  their 
instruments  of ratification,  acceptance, approval  or accession. 

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2. -Th+3 Agreement  sha.il enter Lzxc farce prevlsicnsliy  cn i July or cn  a.ry 
date therea.fter,  if by that date three  Governments  accounting  for at lea.st 
85 per cent of net exports as set out in annex A tø this Agreement,  and 
20 Governments  a.ccounting  for at least  65 per cent of net imports as set out 
in annex B to this Agreement, have  signed  t'.iis Agreement  pursuant  to article  37? 
paragraph 2(a),  or have deposited  their instruments  of ratification,  a.cceptance 
or approvai,  or have notified  the depositary  under article 39 that they  will 
a.pply this Agreement  provisionally. 
If the requirements  for entry into force under paragraph  1 or pa.ragraph  2 
of this article  have not been met on 1  January 1984> the  Secretary-General  of 
the United Nations  shall ihvite  those Governments  which ha.ve signed this Agreement 
pursuant to article 37> paragraph 2(a),  or ha.ve deposited instruments  of ratifica.tion', 
a.cceptance  or approvai,  or have notified  the depositary that they  will apply this 
Agreement  provisionally,  to meet at the earliest  time pra.cticable  and to decide 
to put this Agreement  into force provisionally  or definitively  among themselves 
in whole or in part. V/hile  this Agreement  is in force provisionally  under  this 
paragra.ph, those  Governments  which have decided to put this Agreement  into force 
provisionally  among themselves  in whole or in part shall be provisional  -members. 
Such Governments  may meet to review the situation  a.nd decide whether  this 
Agreement  shall enter into force definitively  among themselves,  or continue in 
force provisionally,  or terminate. 
4. Por any Government  that deposits its instrument  of ra.tification,  acceptance, 
approvai or accession  after the entry into force of this Agreement, it  shall 
enter into force for tha.t Government  on the date of such deposit. 
5. The  Secreta.ry-G'eheral  of the United Na.tions  shall convene  the first session 
of the Gouncil as soon a.s possible  after the entry into force of this Agreement. 
Article 41  
Accession 
1. This Agreement  shall be open for a.ccession  by the Governments  of all Sta.tes 
upon conditi#»ns-  established  by the Council,  which shall include  a. time limit for 
the deposit  of instruments  of accession.  The Council may, however,  grant 
extensions  of time to Governments  which are unable to deposit  their instruments 
of, accession  by the time limit set in the  conditions  of a.ccession. 
2. Accession  shall be effected  by the deposit of an instrument  of accession 
with the depositary. 

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Article 42 . 
Amendments 
1. The Council may, by  special  vote, recommend  an amendment of  this Agreement  to 
the members. _, 
2. The Council  shall fix a. date by. which members  shall notify  the depositary 
of their acceptance  of the amendment. 
3. An amendment  shall enter into force  90 days after the depositary.has received 
notifications  of acceptance  from members  constituting  at least two thirds of the 
exporting  members and  accounting for  at least 85 per  cent of the  votes of the 
exporting  members, and  from members  constituting-  at least two thirds of the 
importing,  members and  accounting for  at least 85 per  cent of the  votes of the 
importing  members. 
4. After the depositary informs  the Council that  the requirements  for entry  into 
force of the amendment  have been met, and  notwithstanding  the provisions  of 
paragraph  2 of this article  relating  to the  date fixed by the  Council, a.  member 
may still notify the deposita.ry  of its, acceptance  of the amendment,  provided that 
such notification  is ma.de before the entry into force of the amendment. 
5. Any member  which has not  notified  its acceptance  of an amendment by the  date 
on'which  such amendment  enters into force shall cease to be a  party to this 
Agreement  as from that date, unless  such member has  satisfied.the  Council that its 
acceptance  could - not be obtained  in time owing to difficulties  in completing its 
constitutional  or institutional  procedures,  and the  Council decides  to extend the 
period for  acceptance  of the amendment  for that  member.  Such member shall not be 
bound by the amendment  before it  ha.s notified  its acceptance  thereof. 
6. If the  requirements  for the entry into force of the amendment  ha.ve not been, 
met by the  date fixed 'by the  Council in accordance  with paragraph  2 of this article, 
the amendment  shall be considered  withdrawn. 
Article  45  
Withdrawal 
1. A member may  withdrav  fr",:i this Agreement  at any time after the entry into 
force of this Agreement  by giving" written notice  of withdrawal  to the  depositary. 
That member  shall simultaneously inform  the Council of the  action it  has taken. 
2. Withdrawal  shall become  effective  90 days after the notice is received by the 
depositary. 

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Article 44  
Exclusion 
If the Council decides that  any member  is in brea.ch of its obligations  under 
this Agreement  and decides further that  such breach  significantly  impairs the 
operation  of this Agreement, it  may, by  special vote,  exclude  that member from 
this Agreement.  The Council  shall immediately  so notify the depositary.  One 
year after the date of the  Council's decision, that  member  shall cease to be a 
party to this Agreement. 
Article 45 
Settlement  of account?  with withdrawing  or excluded members  
or members  una.ble to a.ccept an amendment 
1. In accordance  with this article,  the Council  shall determine  any settlement' 
of accounts  with a member  which ceases to be a  party to this Agreement  owing to: 
(a) Non-a.ccepta.nce  of an amendment.  to this Agreement under  article 42 j 
(b) Withdrawal  from this Agreement under  article 43; or 
(c) Exclusion  from this Agreement under  article 44· 
2» The Council  shall retain any contribution paid  to the  Administrative  Account 
by a member  which ceases to be a  party to this Agreement. 
3« A member  which'has  received  an appropriate refund  under this article shall 
not be entitled  to ,a.ny "share of the proceeds of liquidation  or the other assets 
of the Organization. Nor-shall  such a member bo  liable,  .for any deficit  incurred 
by the Organization after  such refund has been made. , 
Article 46  
Duration, extension  and termination 
1. This Agreement  shall remain in force for a. period of five years from the date 
of its entry into force unless?  the Council decides,  by special vote,  to extend or 
renegotiate  this Agreement  or to terminate it. 
2. Before the expiry of the  five-year period referred  to in paragraph  1 of 
this article,  the Council may, by  special vote, decide  to extend this Agreement 
for a period not exceeding  two years and/or to renegotiate it. 
3· Ifj before  the expiry cf the  five-year period referred  to in paragraph  1 of 
this article,  negotiations  for a new agreement  to replace  this Agreement have  not 
yet been concluded,  the Council may, by  special vote, extend.this  Agreement for 
a period to be decided by the Council., 
4. If, before  the expiry of the  five-year period referred  to in paragraph  1 of 
this article,  a new agreement  to replace  this Agreement  has been negotiated  but has 
not yet entered into force either  definitively  or provisionally^  the Council may, 
by special vote,  extend  this Agreement  until the provisional  or definitive  entry 
into force of the new  agreement. 

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5. If a new international  jute agreement is  negotiated  and enters into force 
during any period of extension  of this Agreement  pursuant  to paragraphs  2, 3 or 4 
of this  article,  this Agreement,  as extended,  shall terminate  upon the  entry into 
force of the new agreement. 
6. The  Council may at any  time, by special  vote, decide  to terminate  this 
Agreement  with effect from such date as it may determine. 
7. Notwithstanding  the termination  of this Agreement,  the Council  shall continue 
in being for a period not exceeding  IS months to carry out the  liquidation  of the 
Organization, including  the settlement  of accounts,  and, subject to relevant 
decisions  to be ta.ken by special  vote, shall ha,ve during that period  such powers 
and functions  as may be  necessa.ry  for these purposes. 
8. The  Council  shall notify  the deposita.ry  of any  decision taken  under this 
article. 
Article 47 
Reservations 
Reservations  may not be made  with respect  to any of the  provisions  of this 
Agreement. 
IN WITNESS  WHEREOF  the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto,  have 
affixed their  signatures  under this Agreement  on the dates indicated. 
DONE at Geneva, on the first day of  October,  one thousand  nine hundred  and 
eighty-two,  the texts of this Agreement  in the Ara.b±o,_English, -French* Russian 
and Spanish  languages  being equally authentic. 

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Annex A 
ANNEX  A 
SHARES  OP  INDIVIDUAL EXPORTING COUNTRIES  M  TOTAL  NET  EXPORTS 
OP JUTE  AND  JUTE PRODUCTS  OP  COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING  IN THE 
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE  ON  JUTE  AND  JUTE PRODUCTS,  1981,  AS 
ESTABLISHED  PGR THE  PURPOSES  OP  ARTICLE  40 
Percentage 
Bangladesh 56.668 
Brazil 0.911 
India 31.457 
Nepal 5.452 
Peru 0.097 
Thailand 7.405 
Total 100.000 

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ANNEX B' 
SHARES OP  INDIVIDUAL  IMPORTING COUNTRIES AND  GROUPS OP COUNTRIES 
IN TOTAL NET IMPORTS OF  JUTE AND JUTE PRODUCTS  OP COUNTRIES 
PARTICIPATING  IN THE UNITED NATIONS  CONFERENCE  ON JUTE AND JUTE 
PRODUCTS,  1981, AS ESTABLISHED  FOR THE PURPOSES OP  ARTICLE  40 
Algeria 
Australia 
Austria 
Bulgaria 
Canada 
Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Cuba 
Czechoslovakia 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
European  Economic Community 
Belgium-Luxembourg 
Denmark 
France 
Germany,  Federal Republic  of 
Greece 
Ireland 
Italy 
Netherlands 
United Kingdom  of Great Britain and 
Northern  Ireland 
Finland 
Ghana 
Hungary 
Indonesia 
Iraq 
Japan 
Madagascar Percental 
0.916 
7.067 
0.252 
1.572 
1.702 
0.000 
0.000' 
5.250 
1.256 
0.000 
2.747 
6.542 
16.516 
2.892 
0.513 
2.778 
2.851 
0.420 
O.566 
1.244 
1.740 
3.732 
0.191 
0.536 
0.420 
2.366 
1.915 
5.952 
0.350 

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. Malaysia 
Malta 
Mauritania 
Mexico-
Nicaragua 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Philippines 
Poland 
Korea, Republic  of 
Romania 
Saudi Arabia 
Senegal 
Spain 
Sudan 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Syrian Arab Republic 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Union of Soviet Socialist  Republics 
' United Republic  of Tanzania 
United States  of America 
. Venezuela 
Yugoslavia 
Zaire Percentage 
C160 
0.000 
0.008 
0.359 
0-122 
•0.626 
0.166 
7-547 
0.259 
1.221 
0.443 
0.885 
0.313 
0,023 
0.664 
3.846 
0.046 
0.267 
1.740 
0.320 
1.160 
11.729 
0.702 
16.644 
0.C53 
1.526 
0.023 
TOTAL 100.000