Agreement among the Government of Canada, Governments of Member States of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America concerning cooperation on the Civil International Space Station

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
France	Yes	No
Italy	Yes	No

France

29-01-1998

The Government of the French Republic interprets Article 15 of the Intergovernmental Agreement concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station, and in particular paragraphs 2 and 4 thereof, to mean that its participation, as a European Partner State, in common systems operations costs and activities may not exceed the amount determined by its national budgetary procedure.

Italy

29-03-2001

For the purposes of intellectual property protection pursuant to paragraph 2 of article 21, any activity performed within or on a flight element of the space station that concern elements deposited by ESA are to be considered as having been performed on Italian Territory.