Artikel II

1. The development phase of the programme referred to in Article I above shall be executed within the framework of the Agency referred to in the ESC Resolution of 20 December 1972. Pending the establishment of the said Agency, this phase shall be undertaken within the framework of the Organisation, in conformity with the provisions of the Annexes of this Arrangement.
2. Except where otherwise provided in this Arrangement or in the Agreement referred to in paragraph 3 below, this phase of the programme shall be executed in conformity with the rules and procedures in force within the Organisation.
3. The Participants shall, through the medium of the Organisation, entrust the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), a French public body appointed by the French Government, with the execution of the first phase of the programme referred to in Article I and shall entrust control of its execution, on their behalf, to the Organisation. The Organisation and CNES shall conclude an Agreement defining the detailed arrangements for their cooperation with a view to achieving the objectives of this Arrangement.