Official issues : draft revised agendas, draft minutes, list of participants, resolutions on execution of Hermes Preparatory Programme (HPP), on establishing an Earth Observation Programme Board, on In-orbit technology demonstration programme, on scientific experiment development programme, on chairmanship of delegate bodies of ESA. Relevant subjects: Report by Director General on Giotto mission. Programme matters: report on Ariane-V18 launch, Ariane-4 and Ariane-5, Hermes preparatory programme and its management, financing, update on Hotol programme by UK delegation, Earth observation preparatory programme and draft implementing rules, proposal for Earthnet ERS-1 element, ASTP-3 programme, preparatory programme for a data relay satellite system, experiment development programme and draft enabling resolution.
Finance matters: reform of ESA financial system, industrial policy and weighting factors for geographical distribution of contracts, chairmanship of ESA delegate bodies
Annexes including oral report by Director General on Giotto, EXOSAT, Hubble space telescope and Ulysses, Solar Terrestrial Physics (STP), Earth observation programme, telecommunications, space stations and platforms, space transportation systems, Hermes
Report to Council on flight V-18 including results, Enquiry Board, current situation
Report by Chairman on meetings of potential participants of Hermes Preparatory Programme
Account on ESA user programmes and their relation with ESA in-orbit infrastructure, with comments by delegations

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