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Netherlands
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Belgium
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India
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Switzerland
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Organization was subsequently joined by Austria (1959), Spain (1961-1969, re-joined 1983), Portugal (1985), Finland (1991), Poland (1991), Czechoslovak Republic (1992), Hungary (1992), Bulgaria (1999), Israel (2014), Romania (2016) and Serbia (2019).
Detailed explanation-2: -India was granted Observer status to the CERN Council in 2002. The CERN convention was signed in 1953 by the 12 founding state. Currently, CERN has 22 member states. Besides India, Turkey, Pakistan, Ukraine are Associate members and Serbia and Cyprus are associate members in the pre-stage to membership.
Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1991, DAE had signed a formal agreement with CERN, which continues till today. In recognition of most significant contributions, in 2003, India was awarded the Observer status of CERN, and subsequently invited to join CERN as an Associate Member.
Detailed explanation-5: -CERN is located at Meyrin, in the canton of Geneva on the border of France and Switzerland. It employs almost 3, 200 people from 21 member states, all European with the exception of Israel.