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Article 11. The Commission whose purpose has been defined in articles 5, 6 and 10 above shall be composed as follows:

Six members, of whom three shall be judicial officers designated by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of the Ivory Coast and three members of the Bench, assigned to the Government of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, who are the most senior in the highest grade, when the number of judicial officers made available exceeds 40;

Four members, of whom two shall be judicial officers designated by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of the Ivory Coast and two members of the Bench, assigned to the Government of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, who are the most senior in the highest grade, when the number of judicial officers made available is 40 or less.

In both cases, the presiding officer shall be the most senior member of the Bench at the highest grade.

If the votes are equally divided, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote.

Article 12. The Chefs de Cour shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the General Agreement, draw up and transmit reports on the manner in which the judicial personnel are performing their duties, in the way and at the intervals prescribed in the statutes to which they are subject in their original branch of service.

Article 13. Problems concerning the careers of the judicial personnel concerned in their original branch of service may be dealt with by an annual mission, the cost of which shall be borne by the budget of the French Republic. The Government of the Republic of the Ivory Coast shall facilitate the task of the person carrying out the mission, who shall be assisted by a representative of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of the Ivory Coast.

Done at Paris, on 24 April 1961.

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