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A European Organisation for the
Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, hereinafter referred to as "EUMETSAT",
is hereby established.
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The members of EUMETSAT, hereinafter
referred to as "Member States", shall be those States that are Parties to this
Convention in pursuance of the provisions of Article 15.2 or 15.3.
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EUMETSAT shall have legal personality. It
shall in particular have the capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of
movable and immovable property and to be party to legal proceedings.
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The organs of EUMETSAT shall be the Council
and the Director.
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The Headquarters of EUMETSAT shall
provisionally be located in the European Space Agency's premises in Paris. The
final decision on the location of the Headquarters shall be taken by the
Council, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.2 (b) (viii) below.
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The official languages of EUMETSAT shall be
English and French.
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