For the purposes of this Agreement:
“Convention” means the Convention for the establishment of a European Space Agency of 30 May 1975;
“Director General” means the Director General referred to in Article XII, paragraph 1 b) of the Convention;
“the Agency” means the European Space Agency;
“ESTEC” means the European Space Research Technology Centre of the Agency located in the Netherlands;
“Staff member” means a member of the staff of the Agency exercising his functions in the Netherlands who has been appointed further to Article XII of the Convention;
“Experts” means persons, referred to in Article XII, paragraph 3 d) of the Convention and Article XVII of Annex I of the Convention performing missions or tasks authorised by the Agency;
“Government” means the Government of the Netherlands;
“Member State” means a State party to the Convention pursuant to Article XX and XXII thereof;
“Site” means the surface of land put at the disposal of the Agency, in accordance with the notarial deed of 9 November 1966, as amended by notarial deeds of 24 April 1994 and 16 November 2006;
“Premises” means the site, the buildings, parts of buildings and land or facilities ancillary thereto, including installations and facilities made available to, or maintained, occupied or used by the Agency in the Netherlands for the performance of its official activities. The Agency shall communicate plans of these premises to the Government;
“Representative of Member States” means the designated representative of a State party to the Convention;
“Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961;
“Members of the family forming part of a staff member’s household” has the meaning specified in Article 11 of this Agreement.
Artikel 1
Definitions
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Europees Ruimte Agentschap inzake het Europees Centrum voor onderzoek en technologie-ontwikkeling op ruimtevaartgebied· Internationaal publiekrecht
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