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Paragraphs in "Convention On Fishing And Conservation Of The Living Resources In The Baltic Sea And the Belts" coded as HOBF

Label Provision
Art.7 ARTICLE VII
Art.7.1 1. The Commission shall adopt its financial rules.
Art.7.2 2. The Commission shall adopt a two years budget of proposed expenditures and budget estimates for the fiscal period following thereafter.
Art.7.3 3. The total amount of the budget including any supplementary budget shall be contributed by the Contracting Parties according to the following formula:
Art.7.3.a a) one-third of the budget shall be divided equally among the Contracting Parties,
Art.7.3.b b) two-third of the budget shall be divided in proportion to the TACs available to the Contracting Parties in accordance with the Financial regulations for the Commission
Art.7.4 4. Each Contracting State shall pay the expenses related to the participation in the Commission of its representatives, experts and advisers.
Art.9 ARTICLE IX
Art.9.1 1. It shall be the duty of the Commission:
Art.9.1.a a) to coordinate the management of the living resources in the Convention area by collecting, aggregating, analysing and disseminating statistical data, for example concerning catch, fishing effort, and other information,
Art.9.1.b b) to promote coordination, as appropriate, of scientific research and, when desirable, of joint programmes of` such research in the Convention area,
Art.9.1.c c) to prepare and submit recommendations based as far as practicable on results of the scientific research and concerning measures referred to in Article X for consideration of the Contracting States,
Art.9.1.d d) to examine information submitted by the Contracting States in accordance with Article XII paragraph 3.
Art.9.2 2. ln implementing its functions, the Commission shall, when appropriate, seek the services of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and of other international technical and scientific organizations and shall make use of information provided by the official bodies of the Contracting States.
Art.9.3 3. To perform its functions the Commission may set up working groups or other subsidiary bodies and determine their composition and terms of reference.
Art.10 ARTICLE X
Art.10.1x Measures relating to the purposes of this Convention which the Commission may consider and in regard of which it may take recommendations to the Contracting States are:
Art.10.1x.a a) any measures for the regulation of fishing gear, appliances and catching methods,
Art.10.1x.b b) any measures regulating the size limits of fish that may be retained on board vessels or landed? exposed or offered for sale,
Art.10.1x.c c) any measures establishing closed seasons,
Art.10.1x.d d) any measures establishing closed areas,
Art.10.1x.e e) any measures improving and increasing the living marine resources, official reproduction and transplantation of fish and other organisms,
Art.10.1x.f f) any measures establishing total allowable catch or fishing effort according to species, stocks, areas and fishing periods including total allowable catches for areas under the fisheries jurisdiction of Contracting States,
Art.10.1x.g g) any other measures related to the conservation and rational exploitation of the living marine resources.
Art.11 ARTICLE XI
Art.11.1 1. Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Contracting States undertake to give effect to any recommendation made by the Commission under Article X of this Convention from the date determined by the Commission, which shall not be before the period for objection provided for in this Article has elapsed.
Art.11.2 2. Any Contracting State may within ninety days from the date of notification of a recommendation object to it and in that event shall not be under obligation to give effect to that recommendation. A Contracting State may also at any time withdraw its objection and give effect to a recommendation.
Art.11.2.ax In the event of an objection being made within the ninety days period, any other Contracting State may similarly object at any time within a further period of sixty days.
Art.11.3 3. It objections to a recommendation are made by three or more Contracting States, the other Contracting States shall be relieved forthwith of any obligation to give effect to that recommendation.
Art.11.4.a 4. a) After the date of entry into force of a recommendation adopted by the Commission any Contracting State may notify the Commission of the termination of its acceptance of the recommendation and, if that notification is not withdrawn, the recommendation shall cease to be binding on that Contracting State at the end of one year from the date of notification.
Art.11.4.b b) A recommendation which has ceased to be binding on a Contracting State shall cease to be binding on any other Contracting State thirty days after the date on which the latter notifies the Commission of the termination of its acceptance of the recommendation.
Art.11.5 5. The Commission shall notify the Contracting States of any notification under this Article immediately upon receipt thereof.
Art.15 ARTICLE XV
Art.15.1 1. The Commission shall cooperate with other international organizations having related objectives.
Art.15.2 2. The Commission may extend an invitation to any international organization concerned or to the Government of any State, not a party to this Convention, to participate as an observer in the sessions of` the Commission or meetings of its subsidiary bodies.