Statutes of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
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Statutes of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Article 1
Official Name International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Article 2
Status The ICTV is a Committee of the Virology Division of the International Union of Microbiology Societies (IUMS). Article 3
Objectives 1. To develop an internationally agreed taxonomy for viruses. 2. To establish internationally agreed names for taxonomic groups of viruses. 3. To communicate the latest results on the classification and nomenclature of viruses to virologists by holding meetings and publishing reports. Article 4
Membership Membership of the ICTV shall be comprised as follows. (A) President and Vice-President: These shall be nominated and seconded by any members of the ICTV and elected at a plenary meeting of the full ICTV membership. They shall be elected for a term of three years and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms of three years. (B) Secretaries: Two permanent secretaries shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and elected at a plenary meeting of the full ICTV membership. (C) Members of the Executive Committee (EC): The President, Vice-President and Secretaries, Chairmen of the Subcommittees (SC) Bacterial Virus SC Co-ordination Virus SC (The President ex officio) Fungal Virus SC Invertebrate Virus SC Plant Virus SC
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Vertebrate Virus SC Virus Data SC
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and eight elected members. The Chairmen of the Subcommittees shall be elected by the EC at its mid-term meeting preceding the next plenary meeting of the full ICTV membership for a term of three years and may not serve more than two consecutive terms of three years each. The eight elected members shall be nominated and seconded by any ICTV member and elected at a plenary meeting of the ICTV for a term of three years and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms of three years each. Generally four of the elected members shall be replaced every three years. The composition of the Executive Committee must be representative of the major areas of virus taxonomy, i.e., viruses of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, bacteria and fungi. National Members: National members shall be nominated by Member Societies of the Virology Division of the IUMS. Societies belonging to the IUMS are considered to be Member Societies of the Division if they have members actively interested in virology. Wherever practicable, each country shall be represented by at least one National Member and no country by more than five National Members. Nominated National Members shall not require further approval by the ICTV. Life Members: Life members shall be nominated by the EC on account of their outstanding service to virus taxonomy. They shall be elected by the full ICTV. Members of the Bacterial Virus, Co-ordination, Fungal Virus, Invertebrate Virus, Plant Virus, Vertebrate Virus, and Virus Data Subcommittees: These shall be appointed by the Chairmen of the Subcommittees and shall not require further a
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