<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Rolf Heuer <<a href="mailto:rolf.heuer@cern.ch">rolf.heuer@cern.ch</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 19, 2009 11:55:17 AM GMT+02:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"cern-personnel (CERN Personnel - Members and Associate Members)" <<a href="mailto:cern-personnel@cern.ch">cern-personnel@cern.ch</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Austria to remain a CERN Member State - L'Autriche demeure un Etat membre du CERN</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Yesterday afternoon, Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann announced that Austria will not be leaving CERN. I am very pleased that Austria has taken this decision, and convinced that it is the right one not only for Austrian science, but also for European science. In taking this step, Chancellor Faymann is reaffirming Austria's commitment to European research, and ensuring that the Austrian particle physics community can celebrate the 50th anniversary of Austrian accession to CERN, safe in the knowledge that Austria will play a full part in reaping the rewards of LHC physics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Official confirmation of Austria’s decision was received this morning by letter from the Austrian Mission in Geneva to the President of the CERN Council.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Rolf Heuer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">*******************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR">Le Chancelier fédéral autrichien, Werner Faymann, a annoncé hier après-midi que l’Autriche restera membre du CERN. Je me félicite de cette décision qui, j’en ai la conviction, est la bonne non seulement pour la science en Autriche, mais aussi pour la science en Europe. Par cette décision, le Chancelier Werner Faymann réaffirme l’engagement de l’Autriche envers la recherche européenne. Ainsi, les physiciens des particules autrichiens pourront célébrer le cinquantenaire de l’adhésion de leur pays au CERN dans la sérénité, en sachant que l'Autriche récoltera pleinement les fruits des investissements consacrés à la physique du LHC.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR">La Mission d’Autriche à Genève a envoyé ce matin par lettre la confirmation officielle de la décision de l’Autriche au Président du Conseil du CERN.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Rolf Heuer<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>