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GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION- RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE EARTH OBSERVATION → ANNUAL REPORT 2016 SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION- RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION- RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS TECHNICAL & QUALITY MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES, FACILITY MANAGEMENT & INFORMATICS CORPORATE REFORMS PROCUREMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS & LEGAL AFFAIRS POLICIES, PLANNING AND CONTROL DIRECTOR GENERAL’S CABINET SCIENCE EARTH OBSERVATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS GALILEO & NAVIGATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES SPACE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS HUMAN & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION → ANNUAL REPORT 2016 → CONTENTS II Foreword Accounts III Year in Review IV Directors 52 Notes to the financial statements V Ministerial Council 53 Statement of financial position VI Highlights of 2016 54 Statement of financial performance 55 Statement