Iðnaðarmál - 01.04.1971, Blaðsíða 4

Art. 1
An Export Board of Icelandic In-
dustries shall be established for the
purpose of promoting increased ex-
ports of Icelandic industrial and
manufactured goods. The founder
members shall be the Federation of
Icelandic Industries, the Federation of
Icelandic Master-Craftsmen, the Fed-
eration of Icelandic Cooperative So-
cieties, the Ministry of Commerce cmd
the Ministry of Industry on behalf of
the Icelcmdic Government.
Art. 2
The domicile and venue of the Ex-
port Board of Icelandic Industries is
in Reykjavík.
Art. 3
It shall be the function of the Export
Board of Icelandic Industries to pro-
mote the export of Icelandic industrial
and manufactured goods and to ren-
der industry assistance, inter alia in
the following wcrys:
1. By arranging publicity for Icelandic
industrial and manufactured goods
abroad, both by participation in
trade fairs and by other means,
and by fumishing information con-
cerning Icelcmdic export industries.
2. By undertaking market research
abroad for Icelandic industrial cmd
manufacturing enterprises, and by
providing information on marketing
prospects cmd other matters per-
taining to export sales.
3. By offering advice cmd guidance
to industrial and mcmufacturing
enterprises regarding exports cmd
selling methods in foreign markets.
4. By planning the joint export sales
promotion of industrial and manu-
facturing enterprises cmd facilitating
cooperation between them.
5. By drawing the attention of indust-
rial and manufacturing enterprises
to export possibilities cmd by en-
couraging such enterprises to take
advantage of them.
6. By acting as an intermediary in the
sale of industrial cmd manufactured
goods to other countries, and by
the establishment of commercial
cntacts in connexion with Icelandic
industrial and mcmufactured goods.
Art. 4
The Export Boctrd of Icelandic In-
dustries shall be an independent
institution with independent finances
and accountcmcy.
The Board of the Export Board of
Icelandic Industries shall consist of
six men selected for a period of four
years at a time. Two of these shall
be nominated by the Federation of
Icelandic Industries, and one each
shall be nominated by the Federa-
tion of Icelandic Master-Craftsmen,
the Federation of Icelandic Coopera-
tive Societies, the Minister of Com-
merce and the Minister of Industry.
An equal number of deputies shall
be nominated in the same mctnner.
Nominations shall be submitted to the
Ministry of Industry. The Minister of
Industry shall appoint a Chairmcm
and a Deputy Chairman from the
members of the Board after nomina-
tion by the Federation of Icelandic
Industries, but in other respects the