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c) Any necessary assistance during an initial

period in the settlement of the migrants and members of their families authorized to accompany or join them; and

d) The safeguarding of the welfare, during the

journey and in particular on board ship, of migrants and members of their families authorized to accompany or join them.

ARTICLE 7

1 — In cases where the number of migrants for employment going from the territory of one Member to that of another is sufficiently large, the competent authorities of the territories concerned shall, whenever necessary or desirable, enter into agreements for the purpose of regulating matters of common concern arising in connection with the application of the provisions of this Annex.

2 — Where the members maintain a system of supervision over contracts of employment, such agreements shall indicate the methods by which the contractual obligations of the employers shall be enforced.

ARTICLE 8

Any person who promotes clandestine or illegal immigration shall be subject to appropriate penalties.

ANNEX II

RECRUITMENT, PLACING AND CONDITIONS OF LABOUR OF

MIGRANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT RECRUITED UNDER GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ARRANGEMENTS

FOR A GROUP TRANSFER. TRANSFER.

ARTICLE 1

This Annex applies to migrants for employment who are recruited under Government-sponsored arrangements for group transfer.

ARTICLE 2

For the purpose of this Annex: a) The term «recruitment» means:

0 The engagement of a person in one territory on behalf of an employer in another territory under a Government-sponsored arrangement for group transfer, or

if) The giving of an undertaking to a person in one territory to provide him with employment in another territory under a Government-sponsored arrangement for group transfer,

together with the making of any arrangements in connection with the operations mentioned in 0 and if) including the seeking for and selection of emigrants and the preparation for departure of the emigrants;

b) The term ((introduction)) means any operations

for ensuring or facilitating the arrival in or admission to a territory of person who have been recruited under a Government-sponsored arrangement for group transfer within the meaning of subparagraph a) of this paragraph; and

c) The term «placing» means any operations for

the purpose of ensuring or facilitating the employment of persons who have been introduced under a Government-sponsored arrangement for group transfer within the meaning of subparagraph b) of this paragraph.

ARTICLE 3

1 — Bach Member for which this Annex is in force, the laws and regulations of which permit the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing as denned in article 2, shall regulate such of the said operations as are permitted by its laws and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this article.

2 — Subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the right to engage in the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing shall be restricted to:

a) Public employment offices or other public

bodies of the territory in which the operations take place;

b) Public bodies of a territory other than that in

which the operations take place which are authorized to operate in that territory by agreement between the Governments concerned;

c) Any body established in accordance whith the

terms of an international instrument.

3 — In so far as national laws and regulations or a bilateral arrangement permit, and subject, if necessary in the interest of the migrant, to the aproval and supervision of the competent authority, the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing may be undertaken by:

a) The prospective employer or a person in his

service acting on his behalf;

b) Private agencies.

4 — The right to engage in the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing shall be subject to the prior authorization of the competent authority of the territory where the said operations are to take place in such cases and under such conditions as may be prescribed by:

a) The laws and regulations of that territory, or

b) Agreement between the competent authority

of the territory of emigration or any body established in accordance with the terms of an international instrument and the competent authority of the territory of immigration.

5 — The competent authority of the territory where the operations take place shall, in accordance with any agreements made between the competent authorities