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

Article 1 - Establishment, Council, Member States, Headquarters, Languages 1 A European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, hereinafter referred to as “the Centre”, is hereby established. 2 The organs of the Centre shall be the Council and the Director-General. The Council shall be assisted by a Scientific Advisory Committee and a Finance Committee. Each organ and committee shall carry out its functions within the limits and conditions laid down in this Convention. 3 The members of the Centre, hereinafter referred to as “Member States”, shall be the States parties to this Convention. 4 The Centre shall have legal personality in the territory of each Member State. It shall in particular have the capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property and to be party to legal proceedings. 5 The Headquarters of the Centre shall be at Shinfield Park near Reading (Berkshire), in the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, unless otherwise decided by the Council in accordance with Article 6(1)(g). 6 The official languages of the Centre shall be the official languages of the Member States. Its working languages shall be English, French and German. The Council shall determine the extent to which the official and working languages shall respectively be used in accordance with Article 6(2)(l).