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OBSERVERS AND ADVISERS..MINUTES OF THE PLENARY MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ANDOF THE COMMISSION OF THE WHOLEFirst Plenary Meetinq. 6 September 1978 (1100).........................................................................................................................Seeead Plenary Meetina. 6 September 1978 (1430)Preliminary Report of the Credentials Committee . . . . . . . . . . .............Election of the hesident of the ConferenceElection of the Vice-Presidents of the Conference . . . . . . . . . .Consideration of the Draft ArticlesGeneral Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Third Plenary Meetinq. 7 September 1978 (0930) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Election of the President of the Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . .Election of the Vice-presidents of the Conference . . . . . . . . . .Opening of the ConferenceAdoption of the AgendaAdoption of the Rules of ProcedureEstablishment of the Credentials CommitteeIntroduction of the Members of the SecretariatOrganization of WorkFirst Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 7 September 1978 (1000)Procedure for Consideration of the Draft Articlesfor the Amendmnt of the Rome Convention (1952)Consideration of the Draf't ArticlesArticle 1Article 2...................................................................................111314141415171717x717172323242525252528Table of Contents(ii)Page. ...Election of the Vice-presidents of the Conference. .. . .Second Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 7 September 1978 (1415) . .33..............................................3333Fourth Plenary Meetin&7 September 1978 (1400)..Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 1Third Meetin+? of the Commission of the Whole. 8 September 1978 (0930).41........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. ..................................................Fourth Meding ofC d s s i o n of the Whole. 8 September 1978 (1400) . .Consideration of the Draft Articles.................Article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 3Article 4Article 5~rticle6Articles 7 and 8Article 9t:?e...................Fifth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 1 September 1978 (0930)1.t..<Consideration ofthe Draft Articles1Article 1..a?.41414144444444474747474753................................5353..61..............................................6161.71Sixth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 11 September 1978 (1400)Consideration of the Draft Articles~rticle 11Seventh Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 12 September 1978 (0930)..............................................Ei~hthMeeting of the Commission of the Whole. 12 September 1978 (1400) ..Consideration of the Draft Articles.................Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 11Article11............................7171757575(iii)Table of Contents.Consideration of the Draft Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Tenth -Meetingof the Commission of the Whole. 13 September 1978 (1415). .Consideration of the Draft Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ninth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 13 September 1978 (0930).797979838383Eleventh Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 14 September 1978 (1030) 91.............................................................................................................................................................Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 11Article 12Article 13Article 14Article 15%relfth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 14 September 1978 (1400).............................................Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 15919191919292959595Thirteenth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 15 September 1978 (0930)99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.10 I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101-102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... el02........ 102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 15Article 14Article 16Article 17fbticle 18Article 19Article 20Fourteenth Meetiha of the Commission of the Whole. 15 September 1978 (1430 105. . . . . . . . . . . .................................. 10510S. . . . . . . .. .. .. ................................. .. . 107....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....I07 107. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArtide20AFticfe2LArtic1e22At.ticle23Article 94Article 25.Table of ContentsPage....................Consideration of the Draft Articles.....................Articles 25. 26. 27 and 28Fifteenth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 18 September 1978 (0930)Consideration of theArticle 11Article 29Article 30Articles 31 to 35Article 36Article 37Article 38Article 39........Articles113113116...........................Seventeenth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 19 September 1978 (0930)......................................................................................Fifth Plenary Meeting. 19 September 1978 (1535) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Report of the Credentials Committee..................Eighteenth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 20 September 1978 (0930) .Adoption of a Protocol or Other Instrument. and of Any Resolution . . . .Preamble and Article I.......................Article If...............................Article 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............................Article IV.....:....... ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article V.............................Article VINineteenth Meeting of the commission of the 'Whole. 20 September 1978 (1400) .Adoption of a Protocol or Other Instrument. and Any Resolutions . . . . .Article VI (amending Article 15 of the Roqe Convention) . . . . . . .'Article VII (amending Article 16 of the Rome Convention) . . . . . . .&tide; VIII (amending Article 17 of the Rome convention) . . . . . .Article 19 of the Rome Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article IX (amending Article 20 of the Rome Convention) . . . . . . .Article 21 of the Rome Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article X (amending Article 23 of the Rome Convention) . . . . . . . .Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle39Final ClausesStatement not delivered orally. but submitted in writingfor inclusion in the Minutes of the Conference ( 1 6 ~ ~ )133133133133134134135135139139139139140140141141142Table of ContentsPageTwentieth Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 21 September 1978 (0930)..........................................................................Adoption of a Protocol or Other Instrument. and of Any ResolutionArticle XI (amending Article 26 of the Rome convention)Article XI1 (amending Article 29 of the Rome Convention)Article XI11 (amending Article 30 of the Rome convention)Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 11145145145146147148148Twenty-First Meeting of the Commission of the Whole. 21 September 1978 (1435) 151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152152. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Sixth Plenary Meeting. 22 September 1978 (1030) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161. . . . . 161Adoption of a Protocol or Other Instrument. and Any ResolutionPreamble and Articles I and I1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Article 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Articles IV and V163~rticleVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163~rticleVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163~rticleVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164~rticleIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Articles X and XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164~rticleXII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Seventh Plenary Meeting. 22 September 1978 (1430) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Consideration of the Draft ArticlesArticle 11Adoption of a Protocol or Other Instrument. and of Any ResolutionsDraft Final ActFinalclausesa.........................Adoption of a Protocol or Other InstrumentArticle XI11ArticleXIVArticles XV and XVIArticle XVIIArticle XVIIIArticles XIX through XXVIIAdoption of the Final Act of the Conference......................................................................................Signature of the Final Act and of the Protocol of the Conference . . . .General Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eighth Plenary Meeting. 23 September 1978 (0930)175175176