Article 4–Article 5 · 2 articles
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Membership of the Organisation
1. Each Contracting Party shall constitute a single Member of the Organisation.
2. A Member may change its category of membership on such conditions as the Council may agree.
3. Any reference in this Agreement to a Government shall be construed as including the European Community and any intergovernmental organisation having exclusive competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of this Agreement.
Group membership
Two or more Contracting Parties may, by appropriate notification to the Council and to the Depositary, which will take effect on a date to be specified by the Contracting Parties concerned and on conditions agreed by the Council, declare that they are participating in the Organisation as a Member group.
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