The Agreement on the Czech Republic’s accession to the ESA Convention was signed on 8 July in Prague, by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

Also shown from left to right, Peter Hulsroj, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Petr Šlegr, Vice-Minister of Transport, Jan Marek, Director of the Dept. of International Cooperation in Research and Development, Ministry of Education, Aleš Řebíček, Minister of Transport, Alexandr Vondra, Vice-Prime Minister, European Affairs and Ondřej Liška, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports.