59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-SSUGAR- May 6, 1937 July 22, 1942; Aug. 31, 1944 ARTICLE 38. Except where otherwise provided, decisions of the Council shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes of the Contracting Govern- ments represented at the meeting. ARTICLE 39. (a) The Executive Committee shall consist of:- (i) Three representatives of Governments of importing countries; (ii) Three representatives of Governments of cane sugar producing countries; (iii) Three representatives of Governments of beet sugar producing countries. (b) The representatives of the above-mentioned groups of countries shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this Article, be as follows:- (i) For the importing countries the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America shall be repre- sented for the whole period of the Agreement, and the Gov- ernments of the other countries referred to as importing countries in Article 37 shall select annually one of their number, who shall appoint the third member for this group. (ii) For the cane sugar producing countries the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Government of the Nether- lands shall be represented for the whole period of the Agreement, and the Governments of the following countries shall be represented for the years indicated:- Year commencing- September 1, 1937: The Commonwealth of Australia. September 1, 1938: The Dominican Republic. September 1, 1939: Peru. September 1, 1940: The Union of South Africa. September 1, 1941: Brazil. (iii) For the beet sugar producing countries the Governments of the following countries shall be represented for the periods indicated:- Year commencing- September 1, 1937: Czechoslovakia, Germany, the U.S .S .R. September 1, 1938: Czechoslovakia, Germany, the U.S.S .R . September 1, 1939: Czechoslovakia, France, Poland. September 1, 1940: Belgium, Germany, the U.S .S.R . Six months commencing September 1, 1941: France, Hungary, Poland. Six months commencing March 1, 1942: France, Poland, Yugo- slavia. 937 Decisions by ma- jority vote. Executive Com- mittee. 66347°--47--PT . --- 17
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