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Regulation (EU) 2021/696 CHAPTER I — General provisions relating to the Agency

Article 70–Article 71 · 2 articles

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Legal status of the Agency

Article 70

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1.   The Agency shall be a body of the Union. It shall have legal personality. 2.   In each of the Member States, the Agency shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their national laws. It may, in particular, acquire or dispose of movable and immovable property and be a party to legal proceedings. 3.   The Agency shall be represented by its Executive Director.

Seat and local offices of the Agency

Article 71

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1.   The seat of the Agency is located in Prague, Czechia. 2.   Staff of the Agency may be located in one of the Galileo or EGNOS ground-based centres referred to in Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/413 or (EU) 2017/1406, to execute Programme activities provided for in the relevant agreement. 3.   Depending on the needs of the Programme, local offices may be established in the Member States in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 79(2).

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