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When
defining its missions, the Agency shall take into account the launchers or
other space transport systems developed within the framework of its
programmes, or by a Member State, or with a significant Agency contribution,
and shall grant preference to their utilisation for appropriate payloads if
this does not present an unreasonable disadvantage compared with other
launchers or space transport means available at the envisaged time, in
respect of cost reliability and mission suitability.
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2.
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If
activities or programmes under Article V include the use of launchers or
other space transport systems, the participating States shall, when the
programme in question is submitted for approval or acceptance, inform the
Council of the launcher or space transport system envisaged. If during the
execution of a programme the participating States wish to use a launcher or
space transport system other than the one originally adopted, the Council
shall make a decision on this change in accordance with the same rules as
those applied in respect of the initial approval or acceptance of the
programme.
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