Headquarters and structure of the International Tropical Timber Organization
1. The International Tropical Timber Organization established by the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 shall continue in being for the purposes of administering the provisions and supervising the operation of this Agreement.
2. The Organization shall function through the Council established under Article 6, the committees and other subsidiary bodies referred to in Article 26 and the Executive Director and staff.
3. The headquarters of the Organization shall at all times be located in the territory of a member.
4. The headquarters of the Organization shall be in Yokohama, unless the Council, by special vote in accordance with Article 12, decides otherwise.
5. Regional offices of the Organization may be established if the Council so decides by special vote in accordance with Article 12.
Membership in the organization
There shall be two categories of membership in the Organization, namely:
(a)
Producer; and
(b)
Consumer.
Membership by intergovernmental organizations
1. Any reference in this Agreement to ‘Governments’ shall be construed as including the European Community and other intergovernmental organizations having comparable responsibilities in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements, in particular commodity agreements. Accordingly, any reference in this Agreement to signature, ratification, acceptance or approval, or to notification of provisional application, or to accession shall, in the case of such organizations, be construed as including a reference to signature, ratification, acceptance or approval, or to notification of provisional application, or to accession, by such organizations.
2. In the case of voting on matters within their competence, the European Community and other intergovernmental organizations referred to in paragraph 1 shall vote with a number of votes equal to the total number of votes attributable to their Member States which are parties to the Agreement in accordance with Article 10. In such cases, the Member States of such organizations shall not be entitled to exercise their individual voting rights.
