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into appropriate arrangements: (a) with the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the use of the services of experts entered in the Register of Experts for fact-finding maintained by the United Nations Secretariat pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 2329 (XXII) of December 18,1967; or (b) with the Director-General of GATT for the use of the services of experts entered in the Panel on Complaints maintained by the GATT.

CHAPTER II
THE COMMITTEE AND ITS WORKING

Article 8
Number of Commissioners

(1) Except as the parties may otherwise agree, the Committee shall consist of a sole commissioner or any uneven number of commissioners.

(2) If the Committee is to consist of three or more commissioners, one person shall be appointed the President of the Committee. References in these Rules to a Committee or a President of a Committee shall include a sole commissioner.

Article 9
Constitution of the Committee

(1) The Committee shall be deemed to be constituted and the proceeding to have begun on the date the Secretary-General notifies the parties that all the commissioners have accepted their appointments.

(2) Before or at the first session of the Committee, each commissioner shall sign a declaration in the following form:

"To the best of my knowledge there is no reason why I should not serve on the Fact-finding Committee constituted to examine certain facts under the Additional Facility pursuant to an agreement between _________________________ and ___________________________.

"A statement of my past and present professional, business and other relevant relationships (if any) with the parties is attached hereto.

"I shall keep confidential all information coming to my knowledge as a result of my participation in this proceeding, as well as the contents of any report drawn up by the Committee.

"I shall not accept any instruction or compensation with regard to the proceeding from any source except as provided in the Administrative and Financial Rules (Additional Facility)."

Any commissioner failing to sign such a declaration by the end of the first session of the Committee shall be deemed to have resigned.


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