23 | II Série A - Número: 077S2 | 28 de Fevereiro de 2009

The Council of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, the Centre) in accordance with Article 18(1) of the ECMWF Convention recommends the Member States to accept the following amendments to the Convention establishing the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: In the Dutch, French, German, and Italian versions the mention of paragraphs/sub-paragraphs has been replaced in the entire Convention by citing the respective numbers/letters in brackets only.
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before the Considerata.
The Considerata are replaced by the following: ´$&.12:/('*,1*that weather-related threats to life and health, and to economy and property, are increasingly important; CONVINCED that the improvement of medium-range weather forecasts contributes to the protection and safety of the population; CONVINCED FURTHER that the scientific and technical research carried out for this purpose provides a valuable stimulus to the development of meteorology in Europe; CONSIDERING that, to achieve this purpose and these objectives, resources on a scale exceeding those normally practicable at national level are needed; NOTING the importance for the European economy of a considerable improvement in mediumrange weather forecasts; REAFFIRMING that the establishment of an autonomous European centre with international status is the appropriate means to attain this purpose and these objectives; CONVINCED that the Centre can make valuable contributions to developing the scientific
basis for environmental monitoring; NOTING that such a centre can also assist in the post-university training of scientists; ASSURING that the activities of such a centre will, moreover, make a necessary contribution to

certain programmes of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and to other relevant agencies;