Division 2 For the first two financial years, the voting rights of the ECSEL Participating States shall be distributed as follows:
United Kingdom
- (a)
one per cent for each ECSEL Participating State;
- (b)
the remaining percentage distributed annually among the ECSEL Participating States in proportion to their actual financial contributions over the past two years, including their contributions to the ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings.
For the subsequent financial years, the distribution of the voting rights of the ECSEL Participating States shall be established annually and in proportion to the funds they have committed to indirect actions over the past two financial years.
The voting rights of the private members shall be distributed equally amongst the private associations unless decided otherwise by the Private Members Board.
Voting rights for any new member of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking that is not a Member State or an Associated Country shall be determined by the Governing Board before that member joins the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.