1.   For the purpose of this article Members shall hold 2 000 votes.

3.   Votes shall be determined on an annual basis according to the following procedure: each year from 2023, at the time of the publication of the Sugar Year Book by the International Sugar Organization, the number of votes for each Member shall be calculated on the basis of the following indicators and their relative weighing:

The number of votes of each Member shall be calculated, for each of the indicators above, using the average of that indicator for the 5 last years published in the most recent edition of the Organization’s Sugar Year Book. The share of each Member in the total of all Members’ for the indicators mentioned above shall be calculated by the Executive Director. All the above data will be distributed to Members at the time that the calculations are made.

4.   In the event of the accession of a Member or Members after the entry into force of this Agreement, their votes shall be determined according to the calculation key under paragraphs 2 and 3 above. The votes of existing Members shall be re-calculated accordingly so that the total of votes remains at 2 000.

5.   In the event of the withdrawal of a Member or Members, the votes of the withdrawing Member or Members shall be redistributed to the remaining Members based on the recalculated shares of the 5 indicators of the Members so that the total of the votes of all Members remains at 2 000.

6.   Transitional arrangement:

7.   The provisions of Article 26, paragraph 2, relating to the suspension of voting rights for non-fulfilment of obligations, shall not apply to this article.

8.   During the second half of each year, the Council shall adopt the administrative budget of the Organization for the following year and shall determine the per vote contribution of Members required to meet that budget, after taking into account the provisions of paragraph 6 of this article.

9.   The contribution of each Member to the administrative budget shall be calculated by multiplying the per vote contribution by the number of votes held by it under this article, as follows:

10.   The Council may, by special vote, take such measure as it might deem appropriate in order to mitigate the effects on Members’ contributions resulting from a possibly limited membership at the time of the adoption of the administrative budget for 2024 or from any major decrease of membership thereafter.’;

1.   The Organization shall act as a centre for the collection and publication of statistical information and studies on world production, prices, exports and imports, consumption and stocks of sugar products, as well as taxes on sugar products.

2.   Members undertake to supply within the time which may be prescribed in the rules of procedure all available statistics and information as may be identified in those rules as necessary to enable the Organization to discharge its functions under this agreement. Should this become necessary, the Organization shall use such relevant information as may be available to it from other sources. No information shall be published by the Organization which might serve to identify the operations of persons or companies producing, processing or marketing sugar products.’;

1.   The Council shall establish a Committee on Sugar Products Market Evaluation, Consumption and Statistics, composed of all Members, under the Chairmanship of the Executive Director.

2.   The Committee shall keep under continuous review matters relating to the world economy of sugar products and shall apprise Members of the outcome of its deliberations, for which purpose it shall hold meetings, normally twice a year. In its review the Committee shall take account of all relevant information gathered by the Organization pursuant to Article 32.

3.   The Committee shall undertake work in the following areas:

4.   Each year the Council shall consider a draft forward work programme, with estimated resource requirements, prepared by the Executive Director.’;