Replacement of an Assistant Director retiring from the Bureau in May 1991

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  Mr BIRKELAND reminded the Committee that Mr Petik would retire from the Bureau on 31st May 1991 and that ten candidates (*) for the post that he would vacate had been nominated by, between them, seven Member States; those candidacies had been studied by an ad hoc group formed by the Committee, which had met on Wednesday 3rd October after the plenary session; the group had accepted the criteria specified by the Bureau in its enquiry: a thorough prior knowledge of OIML's activities and a perfect mastery of the Russian language. While recognising the merits of all the candidates, the ad hoc group had decided to draw up a short list of three names: Mr Szilvassy, Mr Synac and Mr Vishenkov (in alphabetical order of the French names of their countries of origin). By means of a secret ballot in which 37 Members of the Committee or their representatives took part the Committee elected Mr VISHENKOV as the new Director's Assistant, by 26 votes in the first round. The formal date for the Director's new assistant to take up his post was 1st June 1991, but it could be advanced or delayed by agreement between the person concerned and the Director of the Bureau, to suit the convenience of either party.