Article 6. Voting rights

1. Voting rights and eligibility at General Assemblies are exclusively reserved to regular members whose membership fees have been paid by the end of April of the current year as stipulated in Article 7.2.
2. National Members shall be entitled to vote in such a way that the number of votes will be allocated on the basis of the population of the country of which they are a national according to the following formula:
Two votes for the first million of population and a further vote for each and every subsequent million of population or part thereof. National associations from the same country have a shared vote for the total number of votes allocated to their country, unless they have amicably distributed the votes amongst themselves and have informed the Executive Director of this agreement in writing.
3. All members specified as Individual Members shall have one shared vote for all members from the same country.
4. Extraordinary and honorary members have no vote.
5. Prior to each General Assembly, a written notification naming the person who will cast any shared votes, must be given to the Executive Director. Should the members fail to nominate such a person, their voting rights will rest for that Assembly.