Source: https://iea.uoregon.edu/coded-agreement-with-all-codes/3297
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 10:43:48+00:00

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Art.1.2 2. "Commission" means the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR).
Art.2.1x.e e) The Rhine catchment area, insofar as it is of importance for flood prevention and protection along the Rhine.
Art.3.5 5. to help restore the North Sea in conjunction with the other actions taken to protect it.
Art.6.1 1. To implement this Convention, the Contracting Parties shall pursue their cooperation within the Commission.
Art.6.2 2. The Commission shall have legal personality. In the territory of the Contracting Parties it shall, in particular, enjoy the legal capacity conferred on legal persons by domestic law. It shall be represented by its Chairman.
Art.6.3 3. Questions of labour legislation and social matters shall be governed by the law of the country in which the Commission has its seat.
Art.7.1 1. The Commission shall consist of the delegations of the Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party shall appoint its delegates, one of whom shall be head of delegation.
Art.7.2 2. The delegations may enlist the services of experts.
Art.7.3 3. The Commission shall be chaired for three years by each delegation in turn in the order of Contracting Parties listed in the preamble. The delegation chairing the Commission shall appoint the Chairman. The Chairman shall not act as spokesman for his delegation. Should a Contracting Party waive its right to chair the Commission, the next Contracting Party shall take the Chair.
Art.7.4 4. The Commission shall draft its rules of procedure and financial regulations.
Art.7.5 5. The Commission shall decide on matters of internal organisation, the working structure it deems necessary and the annual operating budget.
Art.8.1.e (e) carry out any other tasks entrusted to it by the Contracting Parties.
Art.8.2 2. To this end, the Commission shall take decisions in accordance with Articles 10 and 11.
Art.9.1 1. At the invitation of the Chairman, the Commission shall meet for one plenary session per year.
Art.9.2 2. Extraordinary plenary sessions may be called by the Chairman, upon his initiative or at the request of at least two delegations.
Art.9.3 3. The Chairman shall propose the agenda. Each delegation shall have the right to have items included on the agenda that it wishes to have discussed.
Art.10.1 1. Decisions of the Commission shall be taken unanimously.
Art.10.2 2. Each delegation shall have one vote.
Art.10.5 5. The rules of procedure may provide for a written procedure.
Art.11.1 1. The Commission shall communicate to the Contracting Parties, in the form of recommendations, its decisions on the measures referred to in Article 8( 1)( b), which shall be implemented in accordance with the national law of the Contracting Parties.
Art.11.2.b (b) shall be implemented in a coordinated manner.
Art.11.3.c (c) problems arising in the implementation of the measures referred to in subparagraph (a).
Art.12.1 1. The Commission shall have a permanent secretariat, which shall carry out the tasks entrusted to it by the Commission and be headed by an executive secretary.
Art.12.2 2. The Contracting Parties shall decide on the headquarters of the secretariat.
Art.13.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall bear the costs of its representation in the Commission and its working structure, and each Contracting State shall bear the costs of the studies and actions it carries out within its territory.
Art.13.2 2. The distribution of costs relating to the annual operating budget between the Contracting Parties shall be laid down in the Commission's rules of procedure and financial regulations.
Art.14.1 1. The Commission shall cooperate with other intergovernmental organisations and may address recommendations to them.
Art.14.2.c (c) non-governmental organisations, insofar as their field of interest or activities are relevant.
Art.14.5 5. The Commission may decide to consult specialists representing the recognised non-governmental organisations or other experts and invite them to its meetings.
Art.14.6 6. The conditions for cooperation and those for eligibility and participation shall be laid down in the rules of procedure and financial regulations.
Art.16.1 1. If a dispute arises between Contracting Parties regarding the interpretation or application of this Convention, the Parties concerned shall seek a solution through negotiation or any other form of dispute settlement acceptable to them.
Art.17.1x Each Contracting Party will notify the Government of the Swiss Confederation once it has completed the procedures necessary to bring this Convention into force. The Government of the Swiss Confederation will confirm the receipt of notifications and also inform the other Contracting Parties. The Convention will enter into force on the first day of the second month following receipt of the last notification.
Art.18.1 1. Three years after its entry into force, any of the Contracting Parties may at any time withdraw from this Convention by means of a written declaration to the Government of the Swiss Confederation.
Art.18.2 2. Withdrawal from of the Convention shall take effect only at the end of the following year.
Art.20.1x This Convention, drafted in the Dutch, French and German languages, each of the three texts being equally authentic, is deposited with the Government of the Swiss Confederation, which will transmit a certified copy to each of the Contracting Parties.

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