The agreement between the governments of the State Parties of the Agreement on the Customs union and Common economic space of February 26, 1999 about joint development of space in the peace purposes

of February 17, 2000

The governments of the State Parties of the Agreement on the Customs union and Common economic space of February 26, 1999 which are hereinafter referred to as by the Parties

for the purpose of implementation of the Agreement on the Customs union and the Common economic space of February 26, 1999 (is referred to as - the Agreement),

expressing interest in combination of efforts in different areas of research and use of space in the peace purposes,

proceeding from understanding of importance of preserving and development of scientific and technical and industrial capacity of the State Parties of the Agreement directed to development of space

realizing value of space science and technology for social and economic and scientific and technical development of the State Parties of the Agreement,

in view of provisions of the Agreement on the principles of activities of the states for research and use of space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, of January 27, 1967, and also other international treaties on research and use of space,

confirming the commitment to the Agreement on joint activities for research and use of space of December 30, 1991, to the Agreement on procedure for content and use of objects of space infrastructure for the benefit of accomplishment of space programs of May 15, 1992, to the Agreement on procedure for financing of joint activities for research and use of space of November 13, 1992, agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The purpose of this agreement is establishment of organizational basis of cooperation in space area and creation of the legal base for development and the conclusion between the Parties of agreements and other arrangements in the specific directions of joint space activities.

2. The cooperation within this agreement is performed according to the legislation of the State Parties of the Agreement, international law, and also without prejudice to accomplishment of obligations by the Parties under other agreements which participants they are.

Article 2

The parties take all necessary measures for carrying out coordinated policy regarding development and implementation of the principles and mechanisms of the state support of programs of joint survey and use of space in the peace purposes, entry into the world market of the space equipment, technologies and services, and also rapprochement and standardization of the national legal system in space area.

Article 3

1. The cooperation within this agreement can be performed in the following areas:

- space research, including astrophysical researches and studying of planets;

- remote sensing of Earth from space;

- space materials science;

- space medicine and biology;

- space communication and related information technologies and services;

- satellite navigation and related technologies and services;

- the research, developmental, production and operational works connected with the automatic and piloted spacecrafts and systems, and also the appropriate land means;

- development of carrier rockets and other space transportation systems;

- provision of services on implementation of starts;

- application in industries of economy of the by-product received during creation of the space equipment and technology;

- questions of protection of space environment, including control, the prevention, reducing and mitigation of consequences of technogenic impact on it.

2. The cooperation within this agreement can be performed in such forms as:

- planning and realization of joint projects with use of scientific, experimental and industrial base;

- mutual provision of scientific and technical information, experimental data, results of developmental works, materials and the equipment in the different fields of space science, the equipment and technology;

- development and production of spacecrafts and devices;

- use of land objects and systems for ensuring starts and control of spacecrafts, including for collection and exchange of telemetric information;

- organization of programs of training and exchange of scientific, technical and other specialists;

- carrying out joint symposiums and conferences;

- development of different forms of partnership and joint activities in the international market of the space equipment and services, including the activities relating to commercial space starts;

- provision of technical assistance in area of joint space surveys.

3. The parties can determine other areas and forms of cooperation in addition.

Article 4

Coordination of activities of the Parties for accomplishment of this agreement is assigned to Integration Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan (is referred to as - Integration Committee).

Control over the implementation of the specific programs and projects which are carried out within this agreement is performed by competent departments of the Parties. For this purpose competent departments can create the commissions and working groups.

Competent departments of the Parties are:

from the Republic of Belarus - National Council on space under Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus;

from the Republic of Kazakhstan - Space committee of the Department of Energy, the industry and trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

from the Kyrgyz Republic - the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the industries of the Kyrgyz Republic;

from the Russian Federation - Russian Aviation and Space Agency;

from the Republic of Tajikistan - the National Space Agency of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Article 5

Within this agreement of the Party and their competent departments promote development of cooperation and encourage direct connections between the organizations, the companies, firms and industrial groups of the State Parties of the Agreement.

Article 6

The parties and their competent departments can concretize in free standing agreements the regulations and the principles concerning intellectual property which are subject to observance applicable to the certain programs and projects performed within this agreement. In the absence of such agreements protection and distribution of the intellectual property rights is regulated by the Agreement on protection and distribution of the intellectual property rights in the field of development of space in the peace purposes.

Article 7

The parties on mutual basis and with observance of confidentiality terms provide access to results of researches and the works which are carried out within this agreement and for this purpose encourage exchange of the relevant information and data on the terms of separate arrangements.

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