Artikel VII

1. Each Member shall contribute both to the expenses resulting from the realisation of the General Programme and to those relating to the functioning of the Conference, in accordance with a scale which shall be decided upon every three years by the Conference by a two-thirds majority of all the Members and shall be based on the average net national income at factor cost of each Member for the last three preceding years for which statistics are available.
2. The Conference may decide, by a two-thirds majority of all Members, to take account of any special circumstances affecting a Member and to modify its contribution accordingly. In applying this provision the term ,,special circumstances” shall be held to include in particular a situation in which the per capita national income of a Member State is less than an amount which the Conference shall fix by a two-thirds majority.
3. If a State becomes a party to the Agreement, or ceases to be a party, the scale of contributions mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be modified. The new scale shall take effect as from the beginning of the financial year following.
4. The Secretary-General shall notify Members of the amount of their contributions in accounting units representing a weight of 0.88867088 grammes of fine gold, and of the dates on which payments shall be made.
5. The Secretary-General shall keep detailed accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The Conference shall appoint auditors to audit its accounts and to examine, in conformity with the Financial Regulations, the accounts of EMBO. The Secretary-General and EMBO shall furnish the auditors with such information and help as they may require to carry out their duties.