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(a)
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The Assembly of Parties shall be composed of
all the Parties.
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(b)
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A Party may be represented by another Party
in a meeting of the Assembly of Parties, but no Party may represent more than
two other Parties.
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(c)
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The first ordinary meeting of the Assembly
of Parties shall be convened by the Director General within one year after
the date on which the Convention enters into force. Ordinary meetings shall
thereafter be held every two years unless the Assembly of Parties decides at
an ordinary meeting that the following meeting shall be held at a different
interval.
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(d)
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The Assembly of Parties may also hold
extraordinary meetings at the request of one or more Parties supported by at
least one-third of the Parties or at the request of the Board of Signatories.
Such a request shall state the purpose of the meeting.
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(e)
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Each Party shall meet its own costs of
representation at meetings of the Assembly of Parties. Expenses of meetings
of the Assembly of Parties shall be regarded as an administrative cost of
EUTELSAT for the purpose of Article 9 of the Operating Agreement.
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