S4 Organization
- S4.1 The organization of the Union comprises its Council, a Bureau, an Executive Committee, Standing Committees, Divisions, Commissions, and other appropriate bodies as determined by the Council.
- S4.2 A General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry shall be held normally each second year, and shall consist of a set of meetings of the Council and such other bodies of the Union as the Bureau shall decide. Where the duration of office of Officers of the Union, Elected Members of the Bureau, and Titular Members and Associate Members of Division Committees, Commissions, or other bodies of the Union is referred to in these Statutes, it shall begin on 1 January of the year following their election at a General Assembly and shall end on 31 December of the year when the appointment is due to terminate. In the filling of casual vacancies the Bureau may authorize an appointment to Division Committees, Commissions, and other bodies of the Union except for the Executive Committee and Bureau to begin at an intermediate date. Any such appointment should be regarded as dating from 1 January of the year following the previous General Assembly in respect of the period of office for Division Committees, and Commissions. No person shall hold more than three appointments to bodies of the Union, except at the discretion of the Bureau in respect of membership of a subcommittee or acting as an official representative within or outside the Union.
- S4.3 The official headquarters of the Union shall be in Zürich (Switzerland) until otherwise decided by the Council. Any change in location requires the approval of two-thirds of the total number of votes assigned to the Adhering Organizations.
- S4.4 The legal domicile of the Union is accepted by Finanzdirektion des Kantons Zürich as an Association under Swiss Law and for legal purposes the Union will act in accordance with Articles 60 and following of the Swiss Civil Code and by the present Statutes.