72. Subject to review by its Executive Committee*, the Commission agreed to the budgets proposed by the Directors-General for 1963 and 1964 (the first full year) amounting to $78,100 and $112,800 respectively. In addition, the Commission approved the provision for 1963 of a further sum of $6,500 to cover the cost of a meeting of Fisheries Consultants, and the provision for 1964 of $20,000 to cover the costs of a food hygienist, secretary and appropriate travel allocation. The Commission also requested the Directors-General, should the method of finance by Trust Fund be retained, to submit for approval by the XIIth Session of the FAO Conference in October 1963 and the 17th World Health Assembly in May 1964 an amendment to Art. 9 of its Statutes to allow the payment of part of the cost of preparatory work undertaken by member countries on behalf of the Commission. Subject to adoption of this amendment, the Commission would then review in the light of experience gained at its next session the extent to which it might wish to make use of this facility.
73. The Commission also reviewed the method of finance of the food standards program. The Commission recommended that the costs involved should be covered by the regular budgets of FAO and WHO as soon as the different budgetary procedures of the two organizations would make this step practicable. The Commission requested the Director-General of FAO to make these views known to the FAO Conference during its review of the method of finance of the food standards program to be carried out at its XIIth Session in October 1963.
“The Executive Committee endorsed these two budgets without qualification as appropriate for the implementation of the anticipated workload and requested the Secretariat to state the total annual sums involved in the Commission's Report, together with a request to governments to contribute to the Trust Fund. The Executive Committee would review the financial requirements of the program in a year's time in the light of its development.” (Report of first meeting of the Executive Committee, para. 10).
74. The following countries are already contributing to the Trust Fund by which the costs of the program for 1963 are met:
| Australia | Denmark | Netherlands | New Zealand |
| Poland | Switzerland | United Kingdom | U.S.A. |
In addition, several other governments are known to be actively considering a contribution.
75. All governments interested in active participation in the work of the Commission and in contributing to the Trust Fund by which its costs are at present met, are requested to inform the Director-General of FAO or WHO as soon as possible with a view to determining an appropriate contribution in accordance with Rule X.4 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure (see Appendix B).
