Official issues : draft agenda, list of participants, draft minutes and, as addenda, amendments requested by UK and Belgian delegations, plus corrigendum. Relevant subjects : Financial matters (draft Council Resolution implementing paragraph n.4 of Council Resolution ESA/C/XIV/RES.1, report by the Director General on economies in the annual recurring costs of ESA, advance call-up of the 3. instalment of 1977 contributions, 1. revision of the 1977 ESRANGE budget, legal and practical implications of the modified charging policy, negative reserve in the ARIANE budget, financing requirements for the period 1978-1980)
Report of Working Group in relations between ESA and National Points of Contact (NPOC) of the Earthnet Programme (draft Agreement and contractual guidelines)
Legal matters (draft Agreement for cooperation between ESA and Iran, draft Agreement between ESA and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the carriage of the APPLE capsule, draft Memorandum of Understanding between ESA and CNES concerning the VHF station at Kourou, legal framework for the execution of new programmes)
ESA policy concerning the use of CNES test facilities at Toulouse
Majority required in the Council for approval of the Resolution concerning the launch of EXOSAT by ARIANE and the launch of GEOS-2
Legal framework for the execution of the SPACELAB Utilisation Programme (SLUP)

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