Artikel III.7

Arianespace shall supply the Agency and the Participants, giving them priority over third-party customers, with the launch services and slots required, under the following conditions:
– the Agency and the Participants shall communicate to Arianespace their requests for services as their requirements arise, taking up cost-free options; in the event of a conf.ict of priorities between the Agency and a Participant, the Agency shall have priority;
– when a third-party customer requests a free-paying option, or wishes to place a firm order, in respect of a slot reserved cost-free by the Agency or a Participant, the Agency or the Participant in question may convert its cost-free option into a free-paying option or a firm order and retain its priority;
– the convention between the Agency and Arianespace shall contain a model clause, which is to be included in the launch sale contracts, defining the procedure to be applied in the event of a slippage of the launch slot.
These matters shall be the subject of consultation between the Agency and Arianespace, under arrangements to be defined in the convention referred to in section II.2.