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(iii) request them to remit their contributions and
advances.
(e) Contributions and advances shall be considered as due and
payable in full within 30 days of the receipt of the communication of the Secretary General referred to in paragraph (d) of this Rule, or as at the first day of the financial year to which they relate, whichever is the later.
(f) Annual contributions and advances to the Working Capital
Fund shall be assessed and paid in Belgian francs.
(g) The Secretary General shall submit to each session of the
Council a report on the collection of contributions and advances to the Working Capital Fund.
(h) Members shall be required to make a contribution for the
financial year in which they accede to the Council Convention and provide their proportion of the total advances to the Working Capital Fund at rates to be determined by the Council. The Secretary General is authorized to fix provisional rates for Members for the financial year in which they accede to the Council Convention and to request payment of contributions and advances at these rates by the Members concerned. The Secretary General shall submit any such provisional rates for the Council's approval at its next session. The contributions of Members for the financial year in which they accede to the Council Convention shall be treated as miscellaneous income for that
year.
Rule 6 Budget surplus
(a) The budget surplus for a financial year shall consist of:
(i)
the remaining balance of any appropriations surrendered, as defined in Rule 4;
(ii) the difference between the amount of the estimated
income and the amount of the income actually received plus any Members' contributions outstanding at the end of the two-month period following the financial year.
(b) An amount equal to the outstanding contributions referred to in paragraph (a) (ii) above shall be placed to reserve. The difference between the budget surplus and the amount so placed to reserve, being the net surplus or deficit for the financial year, shall be allocated to Members according to the scale of contributions for the same financial year.
July 1973.