{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-578/attachment-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-578/attachment-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/578",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement between the European Community and the European Space Agency (2004/578/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-578",
  "path": "attachment/1",
  "kind": "attachment",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Framework Agreement\nbetween the European Community and the European Space Agency\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,\nand\nTHE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY,\n(hereafter also collectively referred to as the Parties)\nWHEREAS the European Community and the European Space Agency (ESA) consider that closer cooperation between them will strengthen the peaceful use of space as an important tool to contribute to European cohesion and economic growth and will allow space-related activities to be brought to a wider political, economic, scientific, environmental and social framework more directly at the service of European citizens;\nWHEREAS each Party is confident that such cooperation will create added value for the benefit of European citizens;\nWHEREAS the Parties recognise that they have specific complementary and mutually reinforcing strengths and are committed to cooperating in an efficient and mutually beneficial manner and to avoiding any unnecessary duplication of effort;\nWHEREAS space technology has become a unique and critical technology enabling the Community to address and achieve a large number of the goals of its policies, notably related to information society, transport and environmental protection;\nHAVING REGARD TO the various Resolutions adopted by the Council of the European Union and by the Council of the European Space Agency and to the Council of the European Union Conclusions of 10 December 2001, the said two Councils have encouraged the establishment of a framework for cooperation between the Parties, while maintaining their respective distinct tasks and responsibilities;\nWHEREAS Decision No 676/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a regulatory framework for radio spectrum policy in the European Community (Radio Spectrum Decision) is relevant, given that any space systems or applications will depend on the availability of radio frequencies,\nHAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:\nHecho en Bruselas, el veinticinco de noviembre del dos mil tres.\nUndærdiget i Bruxelles den femogtyvende november to tusind og tre.\nGeschehen zu Brüssel am fünfundzwanzigsten November zweitausendunddrei.\nΈγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι πέντε Νοεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία.\nDone at Brussels on the twenty-fifth day of November in the year two thousand and three.\nFait à Bruxelles, le vingt-cinq novembre deux mille trois.\nFatto a Bruxelles, addì venticinque novembre duemilatre.\nGedaan te Brussel, de vijfentwintigste november tweeduizenddrie.\nUtferdiget i Brussel den tjuefemte november totusenogtre.\nFeito em Bruxelas, em vinte e cinco de Novembro de dois mil e três.\nTehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäviidentenä päivänä marraskuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme.\nUtferdiget i Brussel den tjuefemte november totusenogtre.\nPor la Comunidad Europea\nFor Det Europæiske Fællesskab\nFür die Europäische Gemeinschaft\nΓια την Ευρωπαïκή Κοινότητα\nFor the European Community\nPour la Communauté européenne\nPer la Comunità europea\nVoor de Europese Gemeenschap\nFor Den europeiske union\nPela Comunidade Europeia\nEuroopan yhteisön puolesta\nFör Europeiska gemenskapen\nPor la Angecia Espacial Europea\nFor Den Europæiske Rumorganisation\nFür die Europäische Weltraumorganisation\nΓια την Ευροωπαïκή Υπηρεσία Διαστήματος\nFor the European Space Agency\nEuroopan avaruusjärjestön puolesta\nPour l'Angence spatiale européenne\nPer l'Agenzia spaziale europea\nVoor het Europees Ruimteagentschap\nFor Den europeiske romorganisasjon\nPela Agência Espacial Europeia\nFör Europeiska rymdorganisationen",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The EU Council Resolutions of 22 June 1998 (OJ C 224, 17.7.1998, p. 1), 2 December 1999 (OJ C 375, 24.12.1999, p. 1), 16 November 2000, (OJ C 371, 23.12. 2000, p. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The ESA resolutions of: 23 June 1998: ESA/C/CXXXVI/Res.1 (Final), 11 May 1999: ESA/C-M/CXLI/Res. 1 (Final); ESA/C(2000)67; ESA/C-M/CXLVIII/Res. 1 (Final), 16 November 2000, referring to the European Strategy for Space; ESA/C-M/CLIV/Res. 1 (Final), 15 November 2001; ESA/C-M/CLXV/Res.3 (Final), 27 May 2003."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/578/attachment/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:10.327125+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}