Czech Republic Accedes to ESA Convention09/07/2008 |
| Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on the Czech Republic's accession to the ESA Convention on the 8th July in Prague. |
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In response, the ESA Council created the status of 'European Cooperating State' in March 2001. The ECS was a new status granted to European Union Member States wishing to accede to the ESA Convention. ESA concluded an ECS Agreement with the Czech Republic in November 2003; it entered into force with the signing of the PECS (Plan for European Cooperating States) Charter in November 2004.
The Czech Republic is now embarking on the ratification procedure that will make it a formal ESA Member State by the end of the year. Supplier: European Space Agency More news from this supplier: GOCE Earth Explorer Satellite Air Quality Forecasts for China Space Agency Leaders Gather in Paris Procurement Galileo System Celebrating Ten Years of the International Space Station EarthCARE Satellite Contract Signed Berlin Air Show ILA2008 GIOVE-B Transmitting its First Signals ESA Launches Second Galileo Satellite GMES Sentinel-2 Satellite OxTS Inertial+ Systems Orbit GIS 4.3 for Mac OSX ArcGIS Offers Quick Access to Premium Imagery Data New ENVI Software Distributor in Greece MiTAC Extends Relationship with Tele Atlas Intermap Technologies/Global Mapper Partnership GSDI 11 World Conference Orbit GIS 4.3 for Windows ESRI's New ArcGIS API for Flex Bluesky Awarded NERC Scanning Project 
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Since the early 1990s, ESA has negotiated and concluded framework cooperation agreements with a number of central and eastern European countries. The Czech Republic signed such a cooperation agreement with ESA in 1996, requesting more specific collaboration.
