Activities under Article VIII of the Convention should be reported to the Committee for review. The Committee has agreed a procedure for periodic and final reviews of results from Special Permit research. This procedure outlines an intersessional review meeting by an expert panel. The Icelandic Special Permit progamme on common minke whales is complete and thus is subject to a review by an expert panel during the 2012/2013 intersessional period.

The expert panel will review the results from the Icelandic Permit following the Guidelines agreed by the Committee and the Commission. The report from the intersessional expert meeting will be reviewed and discussed at the 2013 Committee Annual Meeting, SC65.