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Article 10 (1) The Committee shall meet for its first session within 60 days after its constitution or such other period as the parties may agree. The dates of the first and subsequent sessions shall be fixed by the President of the Committee after consultation with its members and the Secretary-General, and with the parties as far as possible. If, upon its constitution, the Committee has no President, such dates shall be fixed by the Secretary-General after consultation with the members of the Committee, and with the parties as far as possible. (2) The President of the Committee shall: (a) convene its subsequent sessions within time limits determined by the Committee; (b) conduct its hearings and preside at its deliberations; and (c) fix the date and hour of its sittings. (3) The Secretary-General shall notify the members of the Committee and the parties of the dates and place of the sessions of the Committee in good time. (4) The sessions of the Committee shall not be public. Article 11 Each investigation, and each examination of a locality, must be made in the presence of agents and counsel of the parties or after they have been duly notified. Article 12 (1) Except as the parties shall otherwise agree, all decisions of the Committee shall be taken by a majority of the votes of all its members. (2) Abstention by any member of the Committee shall count as a negative vote. Article 13 The Secretary-General shall, to the extent possible, make necessary arrangements for the serving of notices by the Committee. Article 14 Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the constitution of the Committee and its procedure shall be governed by the Procedural Arrangement. Any matters not provided for in these Rules or in the Procedural Arrangement shall be determined by agreement of the parties or, failing such agreement, by the Committee.
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