SECTION IV

Article 20 - Appointment

20.1 National Commissioners (hereafter referred to as "Commissioners") will be appointed for the purpose of supporting all F.I.P.-World or International Exhibitions. The Exhibition Management will request F.I.P.-Members to appoint a Commissioner in good time prior to the publication of the first publicity brochure for the exhibition. The Exhibition Management may suggest an individual as Commissioner. The appointment, however, is solely the affair of the F.I.P.-Member.

A F.I.P.-Member may, subject to the consent of the Co-ordinator and Exhibition Management, appoint an apprentice Commissioner or additional Commissioner, but without any obligation to the Exhibition Management.

20.2 Every F.I.P.-Member has the right to entrust the Commissioner's duties, for its own country to the Commissioner of another country, subject to the approval of and in co-ordination with the F.I.P.-Member of that country.

20.3 Failure to appoint a Commissioner will be interpreted as the intention of the F.I.P.-Member not to appoint a Commissioner for the exhibition in question.

Article 21

21.1 Only Commissioners from F.I.P.-Members and from National Federations affiliated to a Continental Federation, if the Exhibition is held in that continent, are to be appointed for F.I.P.-World Exhibitions.

21.2 Commissioners from non-F.I.P.-Members may be appointed to F.I.P.-International Exhibitions.

Article 22 - Publication of the List of Commissioners

22.1 The list of Commissioners shall be published in all publicity brochures and in the exhibition catalogue.

Article 23 - Relations with the Exhibition Management

23.1 The Commissioner is solely responsible for maintaining contact between the Exhibition Management and exhibitors participating competitively. All correspondence between the exhibitors of a country and the Exhibition Management, and vice versa, must be routed through the Commissioner so far as the Competitive Classes are concerned.

23.2 With regard to the non-competitive classes, the Commissioner must be informed about all invitations from the Exhibition Management to exhibitors of his own country.

23.3 Should the Exhibition Management wish to send the Commissioners collective shipments of all advertising material, information, exhibit covers, medals, certificates, prizes of honour, catalogues and jury reports which are intended for the exhibitors, this must be subject to his express prior consent. In such case, the costs of forwarding the material to the exhibitors must be borne by the Exhibition Management.

Article 24 - Responsibilities of Commissioners

24.1 The Commissioners are obliged:

- to publicise the exhibition among philatelists of their countries;

- to accept applications for participation, to review the details contained therein, and bearing in mind the stringent requirements with respect to quality, to forward them to the Exhibition Management;

- to accept applications only from exhibitors who are within their jurisdiction in accordance with Article 10.1 and 20.2.

24.2 When a Commissioner is in attendance at an exhibition and receives the privileges provided under Article 28.1, he is further obliged:

- to accept full responsibility for the display of the exhibits;

- to be available at the exhibition during the duration of the judging to answer questions, should the need arise;

- to be present at those activities (mounting, opening ceremony, judging, dismounting etc.) occurring during his stay.

Article 25

25.1 A Commissioner shall maintain constant contact with the Exhibition Management. He must inform the same without delay if for any reason an exhibit must be withdrawn.

Article 26 - Mounting, Dismounting and Transportation of Exhibits

26.1 The Exhibition Management is obliged, should a Commissioner so desire, to allow the Commissioner either to mount and to dismount his country's exhibits and to render to him any necessary assistance, or to be present during mounting and dismounting.

26.2 Commissioners who transport their exhibits personally to the exhibition must be met at the airport or railway station. Assistance must also be rendered with customs formalities and in accompanying the Commissioners to the security area of the exhibition for receipt of exhibits. The same assistance is to be rendered when they personally return the exhibits to their home countries after they have been dismounted.

Article 27 - Number of Exhibits

27.1 It is in the interest of the exhibitors that the Exhibition Management and the Commissioners reach a mutual agreement in advance on the number of frames that can be allotted to them to avoid embarrassment.

27.2 The Commissioner must obtain a minimum number of accepted exhibits to be entitled to the privileges set out in Article 28.1. This qualifying number of exhibits (literature not included) for each FIP-Member is based on the number of exhibits for such FIP-Member appearing in the Computerised Award List maintained by FIP. The FIP-Board will determine the qualifying number of exhibits for each FIP-Member and all FIP-Members and Exhibition Management will be informed. The qualifying number of exhibits will be reviewed periodically by the FIP-Board in consultation with the FIP-Member concerned. However the minimum qualifying number of any FIP-Member will not be less than three, of which not more than one third may be in the youth class.

Article 28 - Privileges of Commissioners

28.1 The Exhibition Management undertakes to provide the following in recognition of the work of the Commissioners:

- a hotel room with bath or shower for up to two persons, for the period of the exhibition as well as a reasonable time for mounting and dismounting exhibits

- a suitable daily allowance for the length of actual stay at the exhibition.

28.2 All Commissioners are entitled to the following free of charge:

- two admission tickets for the entire length of the exhibition, one for a family member, in order to guarantee prompt and easy access during crowed conditions:

- an exhibition catalogue;

- a copy of the jury report (Palmarès); and

- two invitations to the Palmarès Banquet and to all official exhibition events, one for a family member.

28.3 A Commissioner shall stay in the hotel provided for him by the Exhibition Management so that contact may be maintained with him. Should he stay elsewhere, he is not entitled to reimbursement of the cost of accommodation.

Article 29 - Consultations of the Commissioners

29.1 The Exhibition Management shall provide a meeting room at the disposal of the Commissioners during the exhibition.

Article 30 - Measures in Event of a Breach of Commissioners' Responsibilities

30.1 Should a Commissioner fail to discharge the responsibilities he has undertaken, he may be excluded from such a function at future exhibitions. This decision will be made by the F.I.P.-Board, after the Commissioner in question and his F.I.P.-Member have been given opportunity to present their position with respect to the breach of responsibility.

30.2 Should a Commissioner be prevented for personal reasons from carrying out his duties, his F.I.P.-Member must make proper alternative arrangements so that all his country's exhibits can be present at the exhibition concerned. If a new Commissioner is appointed, he shall have all the rights and obligations of a Commissioner as provided in Section IV.