The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs o

 
(3)
 
 
 
 (a)
 However, at the time of the entry into force of this Agreement, the reserve fund shall be constituted by a single contribution paid by each contracting State and computed in proportion to the number of units corresponding to the class to which it belongs by virtue of Article 13(8) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. 
 
 
 (b)
 States which become party to this Agreement after it enters into force shall also pay a single contribution. The contribution shall be computed according to the principles formulated in the preceding subparagraph, so that all States, whatever the date of their becoming party to the Agreement, shall pay the same contribution per unit. 
 
(4)
 When the amount of the reserve fund exceeds the fixed ceiling, the surplus shall be periodically distributed among the contracting States, in proportion to the single contribution paid by each, up to the maximum amount of that contribution. 
 
(5)
 When the single contributions have been fully reimbursed, the International Design Committee may decide that States subsequently becoming party to the Agreement shall not be required to pay the single contribution. 
 
 
Article 21
 
 
 
(1)
 There shall be an International Design Committee consisting of representatives of all the contracting States. 
 
(2)
 The Committee shall have the following duties and powers: 
 
 
 1.
 to draw up its own rules of procedure; 
 
 
 2.
 to amend the Regulations; 
 
 
 3.
 to modify the ceiling of the reserve fund referred to in Article 20; 
 
 
 4.
 to establish the International Design Classification; 
 
 
 5.
 to study matters concerning the application and possible revision of this Agreement; 
 
 
 6.
 to study all other matters concerning the international protection of designs; 
 
 
 7.
 to approve the yearly management reports of the International Bureau and to give general instructions to the International Bureau concerning the discharge of the duties assigned to it under this Agreement; 
 
 
 8.
 to draw up a report on the foreseeable expenditure of the International Bureau for each triennial period to come. 
 
(3)
 The decisions of the Committee shall require four-fifths of the votes of its members present or represented and voting in the case of items (2)1, (2)2, (2)3, and (2)4, and a simple majority in all other cases. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes. 
 
(4)
 The Committee shall be convened by the Director of the International Bureau: 
 
 
 1.
 at least once every three years; 
 
 
 2.
 at any time at the request of one-third of the contracting States, or, if deemed necessary, upon the initiative of the Director of the International Bureau or the Government of the Swiss Confederation. 
 
(5)
 The travel expenses and subsistence allowances of members of the Committee shall be borne by their respective Governments. 
Article 22
 
 
(1)
 The Regulations may be amended either by the Committee as prescribed in Article 21(2)2, or in accordance with the written procedure provided for in paragraph (2), below. 
 
(2)
 In the case of written procedure, amendments shall be proposed by the Director of the International Bureau in a circular letter addressed to the Government of each contracting State. The amendments shall be regarded as adopted if, within one year from their communication, no contracting State has raised an objection. 
 
 
Article 23
 
 
 
(1)
 This Agreement shall remain open for signature until December 31, 1961. 
 
(2)
 It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Netherlands. 
 
 
Article 24
 
 
 
(1)
 States members of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property which have not signed this Agreement may accede thereto. 
 
(2)
 Such accessions shall be notified through diplomatic channels to the Government of the Swiss Confederation, and by the latter to the Governments of all contracting States.