Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

Agreement

Agreement means the Cooperation Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency, done at Paris on February 12, 2019. (Accord)

Convention

Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations set out in Schedule III to the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act. (Convention)

Organization

Organization means the European Space Agency. (Organisation)

Marginal note:Legal capacity

• The following provision is not in force.

  2 (1) The Organization has the legal capacities of a body corporate.

• The following provision is not in force.

  Marginal note:Organization

  (2) The Organization has, to the extent set out in paragraph 2 of Article X of the Agreement, the privileges and immunities set out in Articles II and III of the Convention.

• The following provision is not in force.

  Marginal note:Representatives of Member States

  (3) The representatives of the Member States of the Organization have, to the extent set out in paragraph 5 of Article X of the Agreement, the privileges and immunities set out in Article IV of the Convention. These privileges and immunities are accorded for the purpose of safeguarding the independent exercise of the representatives’ functions in connection with the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the representatives.

• The following provision is not in force.

  Marginal note:Officials

  (4) The officials of the Organization that are referred to in paragraph 3 of Article X of the Agreement have, to the extent set out in that paragraph, the privileges and immunities set out in Article V of the Convention. These privileges and immunities are accorded in the interest of the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the officials.

3 The European Space Agency Privileges OrderFootnote ¹ is repealed.

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