Regarding the geographical scope of primary law, Article 355 of the TFEU provides that EU law is to apply to the metropolitan territories of the Member States and certain islands and overseas territories (such as Madeira, the Canaries and the French overseas departments).

Ownership confers exclusive rights and control of the property which allows the owner to determine how a given space infrastructure should be used.

5. The agreement concluded between the Authority and European Space Agency (ESA), in accordance with Article 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 876/2002, can foresee the modalities of exercise, by ESA on behalf of the Authority, of the right of ownership granted to the Authority by Paragraph 1.

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The three options are examined in turn below, without prejudice to the rights of the European Space Agency and Eurocontrol.

The three options are examined in turn below, without prejudice to the rights of the European Space Agency and Eurocontrol.