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Principle of mutual waiver of liability claims
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The principle of mutual waiver of claims for liability - none of the Partner States shall make any claims against any other Partner State, organization or person referred to in subpoints "a(1)", "a(2)" and "a(3)" of this paragraph, based on damage that occurred as a result of activities carried out within protected space operations. This principle of mutual waiver of liability applies only if the person, state, organization or property responsible for the damage is involved in activities conducted within protected space operations, and if the damage was caused to the person, state, organization or property due to their participation and use of such property within protected space operations. The application of the principle of mutual waiver of liability claims extends to any claims for damage, regardless of their legal basis, brought against: 1) another Partner State; 2) an organization of another Partner State; 3) officials of any Partner State or any organizations mentioned in subpoints "a(1)" and "a(2)" of this paragraph1.
Agreement between the Government of Canada, the Governments of the Member States of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America regarding cooperation on the International Space Station for civil purposes, as amended on 2001-06-11, Article 16. ↩
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