The Financial Management System and the Human Resources Management and Payroll System would be subject to this control once system management was handed over to the Information Systems Division, which would be ready to participate in a change control committee.

Advances in the electronic control of braking systems resulting from the development and introduction into series production of the electronically controlled braking system (EBS) enables corrective actions to be taken in critical situations with regard to longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics - sliding, jack-knifing, rolling over - independent of the driver.

As mentioned earlier, the main tasks during the organizational phase would be to: plan the work of the Authority; prepare the substantive and administrative programme of work of the Secretariat of the Authority; prepare and adopt rules, regulations and procedures for the internal administration and financial management of the Authority, including staff regulations and rules; adopt the draft Agreement between the International Seabed Authority and the Government of Jamaica regarding the Headquarters of the Authority, the draft Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Authority, and the draft agreement concerning the relationship agreement between the United Nations and the Authority; formulate a strategy to launch the first functional phase in January 1996; initiate a system of budgeting and financial control, a system of financial administration, a system of personnel recruitment, administration and management, and a system of general administration; propose and approve the budget of the Authority for 1996; initiate and complete the process of recruitment and procurement so that the first functional phase can start in January 1996.