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ARTICLE 6 Additional measures

1 —The Parties undertake to co-operate closely with their appropriate national suports organizations and clubs and where appropriate, stadium owners, on arrangements regarding the planning and execution of alterations to the physical fabric of stadia or other alterations, including access to and egress from stadia, necessary to improve safety and to prevent violence.

2 — The Parties undertake to promote, where necessary and in appropriate cases, a system laying down requirements for the selection of stadia which take into account the safety of spectators and the prevention of violence amongst them, especially for those stadia U6ed for matches likely to attract large or unruly crowds.

3 — The Parties undertake to encourage their national sports organizations to review their regulations continuously in order to control factors which may lead to outbreaks of violence by players or spectators.

ARTICLE 7 Provision of information

Each Party shall forward to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe, all relevant information concerning legislative and other measures taken by it for the purpose of complying with the terms of this Convention, whether with regard to football or to other sports.

ARTICLE 8 Standing Committee

1 — For the purposes of this Convention, a Standing Committee is hereby established.

2 — Any Party may be represented on the Standing Committee by one or more delegates. Each Party shall have one vote.

3 — Any member State of the Council of Europe or other State party to the European Cultural Convention which is not a Party to this Convention may be represented on the Committee as an observer.

4 — The Standing Committee may, by unanimous decision, invite any non-member State of the Council of Europe which is not a Party to the Convention and any sports organization concerned to be represented by an observer at one or more of its meetings.

5 — The Standing Committee shall be convened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Its first meeting shall be held within one year of the date of the entry into force of the Convention. It shall subsequently meet at least every year. In addition it shall meet whenever a majority of the Parties so request.

6 — A majority of the Parties shall constitute a quorum for holding a meeting of the Standing Committee.

7 — Subject to the provisions of this Convention, the Standing Committee shall draw up and adopt by consensus its own rules of procedure.

ARTICLE 9

1—The Standing Committee shall be responsible for monitoring the application of this Convention. It may in particular:

a) Keep under review the provisions of this Convention and examine any modifications necessary;

b) Hold consultations with relevant sports organizations;

c) Make recommendations to the Parties concerning measures to be taken for the purposes of this Convention;

d) Recommend the appropriate measures to keep the public informed about the activities undertaken within the framework of this Convention;

e) Make recommendations to the Committee of Ministers concerning non-member States of the Council of Europe to be invited to accede to this Convention;

f) Make any proposal for improving the effectiveness of this Convention.

2 — In order to discharge its functions, the Standing Committee may, on its own initiative, arrange for meetings of groups of experts.

ARTICLE 10

After each meeting, the Standing Committee shall forward to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe a report on its work and on the functioning of the Convention.

ARTICLE 11 Amendments

1 —Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by a Parly, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe or the Standing Committee.

2 — Any proposal for amendment shall be communicated by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the member States of the Council of Europe, to the other States party to the European Cultural Convention, and to every non-member State which has acceded to cr has been invited to accede to this Convention in accordance with the provisions of article 14.

3 — Any amendment proposed by a Party or the Committee of Ministers shall be communicated to the Standing Committee at least two months before the meeting at which it is to be considered. The Standing Committee shal submit to the Committee of Ministers its opinion on the proposed amendment, where appropriate after consultation with the relevant sports organizations.

4 — The Committee of Ministers shall consider :he proposed amendment and any opinion submiled by the Standing Committee and may adopt the amendment.

5 — The text of any amendment adopted by the Committee of Ministers in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article shall be forwarded to the Parties for acceptance.

6 — Any amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article shall come into force on