Modification report for this document

The Members of the Committee on Agriculture provided for in paragraph 6 of Article V of the Constitution shall be appointed by the for a period of two years at the session of the Council immediately following the regular session of the , The Committee shall be composed of those Member Nations which notify the Director General in writing of their desire to be appointed as members of the Committee in view of their interest in agricultural problems within the Committee's mandate and of their intention to participate actively in the efficient discharge of such mandate. The shall determine and communicate to all Member Nations the latest date by which such notifications shall be made, and shall submit a list of such notifications to the Council not later than on the day set by the Council for the appointment of the members of the Committee.

Members of the Committee should, as far as possible, be represented by delegations consisting of senior officers highly qualified to contribute actively to a multidisciplinary consideration of the subjects on the agenda of the Committee.

The Committee shall determine the date and place of its sessions. Normally, the Committee shall hold one session during each biennium, to be convened by the Director-General in consultation with the of the Committee. The Committee shall preferably meet early in the non-Conference years.

If required, the Committee may hold additional sessions on the call of the Director General in consultation with its Chairman , or on request submitted in writing to the Director-General by the majority of the members of the Committee.

For the purpose of the present rule, the term "agriculture'' does not include fisheries and forestry matters which are within the terms of reference of the and the respectively.

The Committee shall establish appropriate procedures for determining its agenda in respect of each session, bearing in mind the desirability of ensuring an interdisciplinary consideration of all relevant aspects of a limited number of major issues, and taking into account the basic responsibility of the for reviewing commodity and related trade problems of an international character.

Any recommendation adopted by the Committee affecting the programme or finances of the Organization or concerning legal or constitutional matters shall be reported to the Council with the comments of the appropriate subsidiary committees of the Council . The reports of the Committee shall also be placed before the Conference .

The Director-General or his representative shall participate in all meetings of the Committee and may be accompanied by such officers of the staff of the Organization as he may designate.

The Committee shall elect from among its members, its chairman and the other officers. It may adopt and amend its rules of procedure, which sall be consistent with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization.

The Committee may, on an exceptional basis, establish subsidiary or ad hoc bodies where it considers that such action is conducive to facilitating its own work and will not adversely affect the multi-disciplinary consideration of questions submitted to the Committee for examination. Before taking a decision on the establishment of any subsidiary or ad hoc body, the Committee shall examine the administrative and financial implications of such decision, in the light of a report to be submitted by the Director-General . The Committee shall define the terms of reference, composition and, as far as possible, the duration of the mandate of each subsidiary or ad hoc body.

The subsidiary or ad hoc bodies referred to in paragraph 11 may adopt or amend their rules of procedure, which shall be approved by the Committee and shall be consistent with its rules of procedure..