BWBV0006825
Artikel 8
Verdrag tot oprichting van de Caribische Douaneorganisatie en inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand in douanezaken
1. The Council is the supreme body of the Organization and shall be composed of Members. The Council shall establish its own rules of procedure.
2. The Council has the following responsibilities:
(i) to raise the awareness of customs and the Organization within Member Governments and to promote and support the role of customs nationally and regionally;
(ii) to assess institutional development and capacity building needs;
(iii) to convene the annual or an extraordinary conference;
(iv) to approve applications on the basis of Article 5 paragraph 1 (iv) of this Agreement of any State or territory to become Member of the Organization;
(v) to approve cooperative arrangements with Cooperating Partners on the basis of Article 6 of this Agreement and with other international or regional organizations;
(vi) to elect the members of the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee, the Enforcement Committee, the Audit Committee and any other Committees or subsidiary bodies it may wish to establish to assist in fulfilling its responsibilities;
(vii) to approve the financial report for the past year submitted by the Secretary General on the basis of paragraph 2 (vi) of Article 15 of this Agreement taking account of the conclusions and recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee;
(viii) to approve the budget for the following year, taking account of the recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee;
(ix) to fix, on the basis of recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee, the amount of the yearly contribution to the Organization for Members and, in the case of the country hosting the office of the Secretariat or a Cooperating Partner, if the cooperative arrangement so provides, the level of payments in kind to the Organization;
(x) to approve the report of activities undertaken, including measurement of these activities against the work program approved by the Council in the previous year, taking into account the conclusions and recommendations of the Enforcement Committee and the Executive Committee;
(xi) to approve or modify the work program recommended by the Executive Committee for the following year, to introduce new initiatives, and to endorse the resources to carry forward the work plan;
(xii) to appoint the Secretary General and, as required, a Deputy Secretary General;
(xiii) to define the terms and conditions of employment as well as the location from which the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General will perform Organization duties;
(xiv) to provide direction for the general management and conduct of the business of the Organization;
(xv) to approve the rules of procedure of all Committees and other subsidiary bodies; and
(xvi) to approve resolutions that shall be binding on Members.
3. An extraordinary session of the Council may be convened on demand by no less than two thirds of the Members.
2. The Council has the following responsibilities:
(i) to raise the awareness of customs and the Organization within Member Governments and to promote and support the role of customs nationally and regionally;
(ii) to assess institutional development and capacity building needs;
(iii) to convene the annual or an extraordinary conference;
(iv) to approve applications on the basis of Article 5 paragraph 1 (iv) of this Agreement of any State or territory to become Member of the Organization;
(v) to approve cooperative arrangements with Cooperating Partners on the basis of Article 6 of this Agreement and with other international or regional organizations;
(vi) to elect the members of the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee, the Enforcement Committee, the Audit Committee and any other Committees or subsidiary bodies it may wish to establish to assist in fulfilling its responsibilities;
(vii) to approve the financial report for the past year submitted by the Secretary General on the basis of paragraph 2 (vi) of Article 15 of this Agreement taking account of the conclusions and recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee;
(viii) to approve the budget for the following year, taking account of the recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee;
(ix) to fix, on the basis of recommendations of the Finance Committee and the Executive Committee, the amount of the yearly contribution to the Organization for Members and, in the case of the country hosting the office of the Secretariat or a Cooperating Partner, if the cooperative arrangement so provides, the level of payments in kind to the Organization;
(x) to approve the report of activities undertaken, including measurement of these activities against the work program approved by the Council in the previous year, taking into account the conclusions and recommendations of the Enforcement Committee and the Executive Committee;
(xi) to approve or modify the work program recommended by the Executive Committee for the following year, to introduce new initiatives, and to endorse the resources to carry forward the work plan;
(xii) to appoint the Secretary General and, as required, a Deputy Secretary General;
(xiii) to define the terms and conditions of employment as well as the location from which the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General will perform Organization duties;
(xiv) to provide direction for the general management and conduct of the business of the Organization;
(xv) to approve the rules of procedure of all Committees and other subsidiary bodies; and
(xvi) to approve resolutions that shall be binding on Members.
3. An extraordinary session of the Council may be convened on demand by no less than two thirds of the Members.
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