Artikel V

1. This Declaration shall enter into force on the date when two thirds of the Parties to the 2007 Declaration have notified the Director General of ESA in writing of their acceptance to become a Party to this Declaration. If this Declaration as well as any subsequent revision has not entered into force within a period of two years since its finalisation, a meeting among the states Parties to the 2007 Declaration which have finalised and intend to accept to become party to this Declaration shall be convened by the ESA Director General to evaluate the possible measures to be taken in order to address that situation. For avoidance of doubt: (i) the 2007 Declaration shall remain in force and shall continue to be binding on the Parties to the 2007 Declaration which will not become Parties to this Declaration; and (ii) this Declaration will supersede the 2007 Declaration for those Parties to the 2007 Declaration that will become Parties to this Declaration.
2. The Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic and Romania may accede to this Declaration by notifying the Director General of the Agency of their acceptance to become a Party. This Declaration shall be binding on such Member States 30 days after the date on which they respectively notify the Director General of the Agency of their acceptance to become a Party. Such states shall also then be considered as Parties to this Declaration.
3. This Declaration, shall be open for accession to any State becoming a new Member of the European Space Agency if it so requests. Any such request toaccede shall be addressed to the Director General of the Agency and shallrequire the agreement of all the Parties to this Declaration. This Declaration shall be binding on a Member State that has acceded to it 30 days after the date on which it notifies the Director General of the Agency of its accession.
4. This Declaration shall apply from the date of its entry into force in accordance with section V.1 above until the end of 2035. The provisions of this Declaration shall remain applicable beyond the above expiration date in order to allow, where appropriate, for the execution of launch contracts concluded by the launch service provider up to the end of 2035. The parties hereto invite the Director General of the Agency to convene a meeting among them in 2026 in order to evaluate the progress of its implementation and the appropriate measures to be taken.
5. The Parties to this Declaration shall consult together on the conditions for its renewal in good time and not less than two years before the Declaration is due to expire.
6. The Parties to this Declaration shall meet, at the request of at least four of them, for the purpose of reviewing the provisions of this Declaration and its implementation. In the context of these reviews, the Director General of the Agency or any Party may formulate proposals to the Parties to this Declaration in order to amend the content of this Declaration. Amendments to the provisions of this Declaration shall be adopted by the unanimous acceptance of the Parties hereto.
7. The provisions of this Declaration are intended to regulate only the relationship between the Parties hereto; they do not affect or modify the agreements that any of the Parties to this Declaration may have entered into with third parties prior to the effective date of this Declaration as foreseen in section V.1 above; they cannot be affected or modified by the agreements that any of the Parties to this Declaration may enter into with third parties after the effective date of this Declaration.