The Statutes of the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy (ICTV)
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Virology Division News Arch Virol 143/5 (1998)
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Virology Division News
The Statutes of the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy (ICTV)
(The Statutes of the ICTV printed below were revised at a Meeting of the Executive Committee of the ICTV at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA, in April 1955, and were ratified subsequently by postal ballot of the full membership of the ICTV. A further revision of the Statutes is in progress and after ratification any amendment will be published in Virology Division News and in the 7th Report of the ICTV, prior to the International Congress of Virology in Sydney in August 1999).
Article 1 Official name 1. The official name will be International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Article 2 Status 1. 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 virus taxa, virus species and subviral agents. 3. To communicate the decisions reached concerning the classification and nomenclature of viruses and subviral agents to virologists by holding meetings and publishing reports. 4. To maintain an official Index of Virus Names.
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Article 4 Membership 1. Membership of the ICTV and the determination of its membership shall be: 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 secretaries shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and elected at a plenary meeting of the full ICTV membership. The Secretaries shall be elected for a term of six years and may be re-elected. C. Other members of the Executive Committee (EC), namely the Chairs of the Subcommittees: viz. Bacterial Virus Subcommittee Fungal Virus Subcommittee Invertebrate Virus Subcommittee Plant Virus Subcommittee Vertebrate Virus Subcommittee Virus Data Subcommittee and eight elected members. The Chairs of the Subcommittees shall be elected by the Executive Committee at a 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. No person shall serve on the Executive Committee for more than four successive terms. 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. Nominations of virologists for the eight vacancies for elected members will be allowed up to 2 days prior to the plenary meeting at which elections will be held. Nominations must be accompanied by an indication that the nomi
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