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Law And Practice - European National Space Agencies Under International Space Law, Frans Von Der Dunk
Law And Practice - European National Space Agencies Under International Space Law, Frans Von Der Dunk
Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications
The legal place and role of national space agencies in general has not yet been the subject of much debate. This paper tries to argue however that this problem is of some relevance indeed. Concurrently with debating it namely, by concentrating on the case of some European agencies the problems of defining a "national space agency" and of the relevance of such definitions as to such a place and role will be answered to some extent.
Thus, Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty is seen as providing for a subdivision of space agencies in 'governmental agencies' and 'nongovernmental entities.' …