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Each Member
State shall contribute to the costs of the activities and programme referred
to in Article V.1 (a) and, in accordance with Annex II, to the common costs
of the Agency, in accordance with a scale adopted by the Council, by a
two-thirds majority of all Member States, either every three years at the
time of the review referred to in Article XI.5 (a) (iii), or whenever the
Council, by a unanimous vote of all Member States, decides to establish a new
scale. The scale of contributions shall be based on the average national
income of each Member State for the three latest years for which statistics
are available. Nevertheless,
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(a)
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no Member
State shall be required to pay contributions in excess of twenty-five percent
of the total amount of contributions assessed by the Council to meet these
costs;
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(b)
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the Council
may, by a two-thirds majority of all Member States, decide in the light of
any special circumstances of a Member State to reduce its contribution for a
limited period. In particular, when the annual per capita income of a Member
State is less than an amount to be decided by the Council by the same
majority, this shall be considered as a special circumstance within the
meaning of this provision.
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Each Member
State shall contribute to the costs of each optional programme covered by
Article V.1 (b), unless it has formally declared itself not interested in
participating therein and is therefore not a participant. Unless all
participating States decide otherwise, the scale of contributions to a given
programme shall be based on the average national income of each participating
State for the three latest years for which statistics are available. This
scale shall be revised either every three years or whenever the Council
decides to establish a new scale in accordance with paragraph 1. However, no
participating State shall, by the operation of this scale, be required to pay
contributions in excess of twenty-five percent of the total amount of
contributions to the programme concerned. Nevertheless, the percentage contribution
to be made by each participating State shall be equivalent to at least
twenty-five percent of its percentage contribution established under the
provisions of paragraph 1, unless all the participating States decide
otherwise when adopting the programme or during the execution of the
programme.
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3.
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The
statistical systems to be used for establishing the scales of contribution
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be the same, and shall be determined
in the Financial Regulations.
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(a)
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Any State
that was not a party to the Convention for the establishment of a European
Space Research Organisation or in the Convention for the establishment of a
European Organisation for the Development and Construction of Space Vehicle
Launchers and which becomes a party to this Convention shall make, in
addition to its contributions, a special payment related to the current value
of the assets of the Agency. The amount of this special payment shall be
fixed by the Council by a two-thirds majority of all Member States.
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(b)
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Payments
made in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) shall be used to
reduce the contributions of the other Member States unless the Council
decides otherwise by a two-thirds majority of all Member States.
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Contributions
due under this Article shall be paid in accordance with Annex II.
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6.
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Subject to
any directions given by the Council, the Director General may accept gifts or
legacies to the Agency provided that they are not subject to any conditions
inconsistent with the purpose of the Agency.
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