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GERN/752/Rev.
Original: English
24 November, 1967
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH
THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL
Geneva - I5 and 14 December, 1967
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
FINANCIAL PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE CERN CONVENTION
The attached document sets out the amendments proposed
to the Financial Protocol, together with a Council Resolution
recommending to Member States their acceptance.
his document should be read in conjunction with document
ICERN/GEN/8 and document CERN/750/Rev.2, which explains the purpose
and effect of the amendments proposeda
Document CERN/716/Rev.5 gives the amended text in parallel
with that of the present Financial Protocol.
Official text of the CERN Convention: "Convention for the Establishment
of a European Organization for Nuclear Research", Paris, lst July, l955·
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DRAFT RESOLUTION
The COUNCIL,
having resolved to recommend to Member States the
amendments to the Convention set out in document
CERN/751/Rev.;
considering that these amendments necessitate
amendments also to the Financial Protocol annexed
to the Convention;
RESOLVES:
(a)V by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by
the terms of paragraph 5 of Article X of the
Convention to adopt the amendments to the
Financial Protocol which are attached hereto;
(b) that these amendments shall enter into force
on the date of entry into force of the amend
ments to the Convention set out in document
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
FINANCIAL PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE CERN CONVENTION
Amendment N0.l
Article l
(i) pw%3wh(@,lmel:
delete: “The Director"
insert: "Each Directer—General"
(ii) paragraph (5), line 5:
delete: "the Director"
insert: "the Direct0rs—General"
Amendment Ne.2
Article 2
(1) line 1;
delete: "the Director"
insert: "a Direct0r—General"
(11) line 5;
delete: "Direct0r"
insert: “appr0priate Direct0r—General" OCR Output
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Amendment N0. 5
ArticlG
line l:
delete: "e" after the word "present"
(11)
line 2:
add: "estimates" after the word "budget"
(111)
line 2:
delete: "res0luti0n"
insert: "pr0p0sal"
Amendment
N0. 4
Article
delete the present text
insert:
(1) The Finance Committee established by paragraph l2
of Article V of the Convention shall be composed of represent
atives of all Member States.
(2) The Finance Committee shall, in reaching its
decisions, follow the rules for voting and quorum prescribed
for the Council in Article V of the Convention.
(5) This Committee shall examine the budget estimates
of the Directors-General, after which they shall be trans
mitted to the Council with the Committee's report thereon.'
Amendment No. 5
Article 4
(1) paragraph (5), line 5:
delete: "paragraph 1 of"
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(11)
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par axgzr aph
(111)
(4), 11ne 1:
delete:
"bec0mes"
insert:
'tmaether 0n becoming
Paragraph
(4), lines l and 2:
delete:
"after the thirty-first of December l954"
insert:
"er later, first participates in a programme
ef activities
(iv)
paragraph
(4), 11ne 2:
delete:
"all Member States"
insert:
"the other Member States c0ncerned"
Amendment N0. 6
Article
(1)
4, paragraph (5):
sub—paragraph (a), line 2:
delete: "Direct0r"
insert: "Directers-General"
(11)
sub-paragraph (b), line l:
delete: "The Director"
insert: “Each Direct0r—General"
Amendment Mo. 7
Article 5
(i) paragraph (1), lines 5, 4 and 5:
delete: "The contributions of Member States shall be made
in that currency in accordance with the payments
arrangements currently in force.'
(ii) paragraph 2:
delete: the present text
insert: "The Council shall, by a two—thirds majority of
all the Member States, determine the payments
arrangements and the currency or currencies in
which the contributions of the Member States
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A1;1cndmen·l: N0. 8
Article 6, title and text
delete:
"Fund"
insert:
"Funds"
Amendment N0. 9
insert as new Article 7:
title:
text
"Financial Rules"
"After c0nsult0ti0n with_the Finance Genmittee,
the Ceuncil shall, by a tw0-thirds_maj0rity 0f
all the Member States, adept rules fer the financial
administration 0f the Organizatien, which shall
ccnstitute the Financial Rules."
Amendment N0. 10
Article 7
(1) renumber
as Article 8
(ii) paragraph (1), line l and paragraph (5), line l:
delete: ""The Direct0r""
insert: ""Each Directer-General"
(111) paragraph (2), line 5:
delete: "referred t0 in Article 5"
(iv) paragraph (2),, line- 7:
delete: ‘“'said",
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