The quorum for the Council of Representatives of CITES Scientific Authorities to meet validly shall be half plus one of the members. If there is no quorum, the body may validly meet on second call twenty-four hours after the time set for the first, except in cases of urgency where it may meet half an hour later, and for this, the attendance of one-third of its members shall be sufficient.
The Council of Representatives of CITES Scientific Authorities may also consult with specialists in the capacity of guests to analyze complex topics or specific aspects of the function entrusted, in accordance to subsection 54 of the General Law of Public Administration (Ley General de la Administración Pública) Nº6227.
The agreements of the Council of Representatives of CITES Scientific Authorities CITES shall be adopted by a simple majority of the members present.
The agreements adopted by the Council of Representatives of CITES Scientific Authorities shall be binding on the Administrative Authority and must be formally communicated within the period indicated in the following article.
Grounds for abstention shall be the same as for impediment and recusal as established in the General Law of Public Administration (Ley General de Administración Pública) Nº 6227, in relation to the Organic Law of the Judicial Branch (Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial) and, additionally, those resulting from the Law of the Financial Administration of the Republic and Public Budgets Nº8131 and the Administrative Contracting Law (Ley de Contratación Administrativa) Nº7494. The member with grounds for abstention shall withdraw from hearing the matter, recording it before the Council of Representatives of CITES Scientific Authorities (CRA CCITES). In this case, the abstention shall be resolved by the remaining members of the CRACCITES, if there are sufficient to form a quorum.
In matters not regulated in this article, the provisions of Title Two, Book Two of the General Law of Public Administration (Ley General de Administración Pública) Nº6227 regarding Abstention and Recusal shall apply supplementarily.
(Thus reformed by article 1 of Executive Decree N° 42200 of January 28, 2020)