19 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1998

662-(5)

and the conclusions drawn are acted upon and that existing mechanisms are used to share important experience with international bodies and with other operating organizations and regulatory bodies; viii) The generation of radioactive waste resulting from the operation of a nuclear installation is kept to the minimum practicable for the process concerned, both in activity and in volume, and any necessary treatment and storage of spent fuel and waste directly related to the operation and on the same site as that of the nuclear installation take into consideration conditioning and disposal.

CHAPTER 3 Meetings of the Contracting Parties

Article 20 Review meetings

1 — The Contracting Parties shall hold meetings (hereinafter referred to as «review meetings») for the purpose of reviewing the reports submitted pursuant to article 5 in accordance with the procedures adopted under article 22.

2 — Subject to the provisions of article 24 subgroups comprised of representatives of Contracting Parties may be established and may function during the review meetings as deemed necessary for the purpose of reviewing specific subjects contained in the reports.

3 — Each Contracting Party shall have a reasonable opportunity to discuss the reports submitted by other Contracting Parties and to seek clarification of such reports.

Article 21 Timetable

1 — A preparatory meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be held not later than six months after the date of entry into force of this Convention.

2 — At this preparatory meeting, the Contracting Parties shall determine the date for the first review meeting. This review meeting shall be held as soon as possible, but not later than thirty months after the date of entry into force of this Convention.

3 — At each review meeting, the Contracting Parties shall determine the date for the next such meeting. The interval between review meetings shall not exceed three years.

Article 22 Procedural arrangements

1 — At the preparatory meeting held pursuant to article 21 the Contracting Parties shall prepare and adopt by consensus Rules of Procedure and Financial Rules. The Contracting Parties shall establish in particular and in accordance with the Rules of Procedures:

i) Guidelines regarding the form and structure of the reports to be submitted pursuant to article 5;

ii) A date for the submission of such reports; • Hi) The process for reviewing such reports.

2 — At review meetings the Contracting Parties may, if necessary, review the arrangements established pursuant to subparagraphs i) e Hi) above, and adopt revisions by consensus unless otherwise provided for in the Rules of Procedure: They may also amend the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules, by consensus.

Article 23 Extraordinary meetings

An extraordinary meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be held:

i) If so agreed by a majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting at a meeting, abstentions being considered as voting; or

ii) At the written request of a Contracting Party, within six months of this request having been

communicated to the Contracting Parties and notification having been received by the secretariat referred to in article 28, that the request has been supported by a majority of the Contracting Parties.

Article 24 Attendance

1 — Each Contracting Party shall attend meetings of the Contracting Parties and be represented at such meetings by one delegate, and by such alternates, experts and advisers as it deems necessary.

2 — The Contracting Parties may invite, by consensus, any intergovernmental organization which is competent in respect of matters governed by this Convention to attend, as an observer, any meeting, or specific sessions thereof. Observers shall be required to accept in writing, and in advance, the provisions of article 27.

Article 25

Summary reports

The Contracting Parties shall adopt, by consensus, and make available to the public a document addressing issues discussed and conclusions reached during a meeting.

Article 26 Languages

1 — The languages of meetings of, the Contracting Parties shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish unless otherwise provided in the Rules of Procedure.

2 — Reports submitted pursuant to article 5 shall be prepared in the national language of the submitting Contracting Party or in a single designated language to be agreed in the Rules of Procedure. Should the report be submitted in a national language other than the des-. ignated language, a translation of the report into the designated language shall be provided by the Contracting Party..