Official issues : draft revised agenda, list of participants, draft minutes with amendments proposed by German delegation. Relevant subjects: Report by Director General, report by Chairman of the Working group on Council meeting at ministerial level. Programme matters:extension of preparatory programmes, Hermes, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA, evolution of Science Programme. Finance matters: review of Finance Subcommittee, reform of ESA budget charging policy. Personnel matters: premiums and their financial level. International matters: extension of ESA and European Economic Community (EEC) agreement on data acquisition at Maspalomas. Activities for third parties: technical support to Telesat, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) and to Eutelsat. Geographical return and revision of contributions: standard clause for declarations, ad referendum votes of Belgian, Spanish, UK and Swiss delegations, As annexes: Speech of welcome by the Australian Vice-Chancellor at the opening of ESA Council meeting on 03/03/1987, reply by Dr. H. H. Atkinson to welcome by Dr. Alois Mock, Oral report by Director General to Council concerning Science, Earth Observation and Microgravity, Telecommunications, Space station and platforms, Space transportation systems, Oral report of Director General on technical coherence of Ariane 5. Hermes and Columbus, D/STS report to Council and status of post-flight 18/pre-flight 19 work

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