CONSOLIDATION

European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order

SOR/2019-181

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on June 13, 2019



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. The last amendments came into force on June 13, 2019. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order

Interpretation 1

Definitions

Privileges and Immunities 2

Legal capacity

Repeal Coming into Force *4

Agreement

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ii

Registration SOR/2019-181

June 3, 2019

FOREIGN MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACT European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order P.C. 2019-618

May 31, 2019

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 5a of the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Actb, makes the annexed European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order.

a

S.C. 2002, c. 12, s. 3 and 10

b

S.C. 1991, c. 41

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European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order

Interpretation Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

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

Privileges and Immunities Legal capacity 2 (1) The Organization has the legal capacities of a body

corporate. 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. 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. 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

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European Space Agency Privileges and Immunities Order Privileges and Immunities Sections 2-4

the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the officials.

Repeal 3 The European Space Agency Privileges Order1

is repealed.

Coming into Force Agreement 4 This Order comes into force on the day on which the Cooperation Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency, done at Paris on February 12, 2019, enters into force. *

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[Note: Order in force June 13, 2019.]

SOR/82-464

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