For purposes of determining a quorum under this Article, and determining the number of Contracting Parties needed to constitute one-third of the Contracting Parties present and voting under paragraph 7.1 of Article 7 of this Annex, a regional economic integration organisation and its Member States shall be counted as one Contracting Party.
Pri ugotavljanju sklepčnosti v skladu s tem členom in določanju števila pogodbenic, ki so potrebne, da predstavljajo eno tretjino prisotnih pogodbenic, ki so prisotne in glasujejo v skladu z odstavkom 7.1 člena 7 te priloge, se organizacija za regionalno gospodarsko povezovanje in njene države članice štejejo kot ena pogodbenica.