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(1)
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A Party
shall notify the Organization in the event that it or any person within its
jurisdiction intends to make provision for, or initiate the use of,
individually or jointly, separate space segment facilities to meet any or all
of the purposes of the INMARSAT space segment, to ensure technical
compatibility and to avoid significant economic harm to the INMARSAT system.
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(2)
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The Council
shall express its views in the form of a recommendation of a non-binding
nature with respect to technical compatibility and shall provide its views to
the Assembly with respect to economic harm.
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(3)
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The Assembly
shall express its views in the form of recommendations of a non-binding
nature within a period of nine months from the date of commencing the
procedures provided for in this Article. An extraordinary meeting of the
Assembly may be convened for this purpose.
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(4)
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The
notification pursuant to paragraph (1), including the provision of pertinent
technical information, and subsequent consultations with the Organization,
shall take into account the relevant provisions of the Radio Regulations of
the International Telecommunication Union.
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(5)
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This Article
shall not apply to the establishment, acquisition, utilization or
continuation of separate space segment facilities for national security
purposes, or which were contracted for, established, acquired or utilized
prior to the entry into force of this Convention.
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