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ARTICLE 12

For the purpose of the application of the present Convention, a Permanent Mixed Commission shall be set up consisting of ten members, who need not necessarily be Government officials. This Commission shall be divided into two sections, one composed of German members at the seat of the Federal Government and the other of British members at the seat of the United Kingdom Government. Each section shall consist of five members. The Foreign Office, in agreement with the competent departments of the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom, shall nominate the members of the British section, and the Auswärtiges Amt, in agreement with the competent Federal Ministers and the Kultusministers of the Länder, shall nominate the members of the German section. Each Contracting Party shall have the power to nominate deputy members,

ARTICLE 13

The complete Permanent Mixed Commission shall meet alternately in the, Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom whenever necessary

a but at least once every eighteen months. The first meeting of the complete Permanent Mixed Commission shall take place within a year of the entry into force of the present Convention. The meetings of the Commission shall be presided over by an eleventh member appointed by the Contracting Party in whose territory the meeting is taking place.

ARTICLE 14

The Permanent Mixed Commission and each section thereof are authorised to co-opt additional members without voting powers as advisers on special questions.

ARTICLE 15

The Permanent Mixed Commission shall make its own rules of procedure.

ARTICLE 16

One of the first tasks of the Permanent Mixed Commission shall be to draw up at a full meeting detailed proposals for the application of the present Convention, which shall then be considered by the Contracting Parties. At its further meetings the Permanent Mixed Commission shall review the position and may draw up further proposals or suggest modifications of its previous recommendations for consideration by the Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE 17

Each Contracting Party may designate from time to time appropriate organisations or persons to take measures designed to ensure the fulfilment of the provisions of the present Convention.

ARTICLE 18

Nothing in the present Convention shall be deemed to affect the obligation of any person to comply with the laws and regulations in force in the territory of either Contracting Party concerning the entry, residence and departure of foreigners.

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