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Annex A Transitional Provision

1. Continuity of Activities

(a)

Any agreement entered into by INTERIM EUTELSAT under the Provisional Agreement or the ECS Agreement and which is in effect at the time the two mentioned Agreements terminate shall remain in effect, unless and until modified or repealed in accordance with the provisions of that agreement. Any decision taken by INTERIM EUTELSAT under the Provisional Agreement or the ECS Agreement and which is in effect at the time the two last mentioned Agreements terminate shall remain in effect unless and until that decision is modified or repealed by, or in implementation of, the Convention or the Operating Agreement.

(b)

If, at the time the Provisional Agreement and the ECS Agreement terminate, any organ of INTERIM EUTELSAT has embarked on, but not completed, any action which it is authorized or required to take under the Provisional Agreement or the ECS Agreement, the Board of Signatories shall stand in the place of that organ for the purpose of completing such action.

2. Management

(a)

From the date of the entry into force of the Convention all personnel of the permanent General Secretariat established under Article 9 of the Provisional Agreement, shall have the right to be transferred to the executive organ of EUTELSAT, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (f) of Article XIII of the Convention.

(b)

In accordance with paragraph 1 of this Annex the conditions for employment of personnel which were in force under the Provisional Agreement shall continue to apply until new conditions of employment are drawn up by the Board of Signatories.

(c)

Until the first Director General assumes office his functions shall be performed by the Secretary General of INTERIM EUTELSAT.

3. Transfer to EUTELSAT of the Functions of the Mandated Administration

(a)

On the date of the start of the sixty-day period referred to in paragraph (a) of Article XXII of the Convention, the Secretary General of INTERIM EUTELSAT shall inform the Mandated Administration of the date of entry into force of the Convention and the termination of the Provisional Agreement.

(b)

The Secretary General of INTERIM EUTELSAT shall take all measures for a timely transfer to EUTELSAT of all rights and obligations acquired by the Mandated Administration in its capacity as legal representative of INTERIM EUTELSAT.


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