Artikel VII

1. Each Member State shall contribute both to the capital expenditure and to the current operating expenses of the Organization
a. for the period ending on the thirty-first of December, 1956, as set out in the Financial Protocol annexed to this Convention; and, thereafter,
b. in accordance with scales which shall be decided every three years by the Council by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, and shall be based on the average net national income at factor cost of each Member State for the three latest preceding years for which statistics are available, except that (i) in respect of any programme of activities, the Council may determine, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, a percentage as the maximum which any Member State may be required to pay of the total amount of contributions assessed by the Council to meet the annual cost of that programme. Once any such maximum percentage has been so determined, the Council may, by the same majority, change it, provided that no Member State participating in that programme votes to the contrary;
(ii) the Council may decide, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, to take into account any special circumstances of a Member State and adjust its contribution accordingly. For the purpose of applying this provision it shall be considered to be a special circumstance, in particular, when the national income “per capita” of a Member State is less than an amount to be decided by the Council by the same majority.
(i) in respect of any programme of activities, the Council may determine, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, a percentage as the maximum which any Member State may be required to pay of the total amount of contributions assessed by the Council to meet the annual cost of that programme. Once any such maximum percentage has been so determined, the Council may, by the same majority, change it, provided that no Member State participating in that programme votes to the contrary;
(ii) the Council may decide, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, to take into account any special circumstances of a Member State and adjust its contribution accordingly. For the purpose of applying this provision it shall be considered to be a special circumstance, in particular, when the national income “per capita” of a Member State is less than an amount to be decided by the Council by the same majority.
2. When participation by the Organization in a national or multinational project forms a programme of activities of the Organization, the terms of paragraph 1 above shall apply unless the Council, by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States, determines otherwise.
3. The contributions to be paid by a Member State under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be calculated in respect of, and applied only to, the programmes in which it participates.
4. a. The Council shall require States which become parties to this Convention after the thirty-first of December, 1954, to make a special contribution towards the capital expenditure of the Organization already incurred in respect of the programmes in which they participate, in addition to contributing to future capital expenditure and current operating expenses. The Council shall require a similar contribution from Member States in respect of any programme in which they first participate after its commencement. The amount of this special contribution shall be fixed by the Council by a two-thirds majority of all the Member States.
b. All contributions made in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph a above shall be applied in reducing the contributions of the other Member States in respect of the programmes concerned.
5. Contributions due under the provisions of this Article shall be paid in accordance with the Financial Protocol annexed to this Convention.
6. To the extent of the authority delegated to him under the terms of sub-paragraph a of paragraph 1 of Article VI, and subject to any directions given by the Council, a Director-General may accept gifts and legacies to the Organization provided that such gifts or legacies are not subject to any conditions inconsistent with the purposes of the Organization.