Legal Framework

Information on EUMETSAT Legal Framework.

EUMETSAT's Basic Documents, Data Policy and Council Resolutions present the legal frame in which EUMETSAT conducts its activities.

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The EUMETSAT Basic Documents publication contains all the basic legal texts which govern our operation.

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The EUMETSAT Data Policy is a document which has been established and approved by EUMETSAT Member States.

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This page contains all Resolutions adopted by the EUMETSAT Council and Declarations on Optional Programmes, excluding those that have been abolished.

Last Updated

14 April 2021

Published on

20 April 2020

EUMETSAT is the European operational satellite agency for monitoring weather, climate and the environment from space.

Our vision is to be the leading user-driven operational agency in Europe for Earth observation.

The Council is the supreme decision-making body of EUMETSAT to which the Director-General reports, as the Chief Executive Officer.

EUMETSAT is a user-governed operational organisation formed in 1986, which serves the needs of its Member States.

The EUMETSAT matrix organisation captures all the expertise required to deliver programmes agreed by the Council.