Annexes to COM(2016)705 - Space Strategy for Europe - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2016)705 - Space Strategy for Europe. |
|---|---|
| document | COM(2016)705  |
| date | October 26, 2016 |
The Commission will continue its successful collaboration with EUMETSAT given its crucial role in the delivery of Copernicus. The role of the GSA will also be strengthened regarding the exploitation of Galileo and EGNOS and to increase their market uptake. The Commission will consider extending the GSA’s responsibilities in certain security-related tasks to other EU space activities.
The Commission will pursue its role in ensuring that the needs of various EU agencies, such as the EEA 17 , EFCA 18 , EMSA 19 , the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and others representing the sectoral policies in need of space solutions are met. It will work closely with the EEAS, the EDA and the EU SatCen, together with Member States and ESA to explore possible dual-use synergies in the space programmes.
Starting in 2017 the Commission will roll out this strategy and initiate a regular structured dialogue with stakeholders to ensure effective delivery and monitor progress.
6. Conclusion
The potential of space for Europe and the world is enormous. Europe faces huge global challenges which require global responses.
Europe must contribute to this collective responsibility. No single Member State can do this alone. The EU, alongside its Member States and ESA, must act as a global stakeholder to promote and preserve the use of space for future generations.
The EU cannot afford to fall behind in this domain. It must remain in the first rank, building on Europe’s talents and expertise, capitalising on its investments and anticipating the opportunities of tomorrow.
The Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to discuss and support this strategy, and to steer its effective implementation, in close cooperation with all relevant stakeholders.
(1) Consolidated space budget (Member States, EU, ESA and EUMETSAT) estimated at EUR 7 billion in 2015.
(2) European Earth Observation Programme.
(3) European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, which augments the GPS signals over Europe.
(4) European Global Navigation Satellite System, similar to the GPS.
(5) Socioeconomic impacts from space activities in the EU in 2015 and beyond, PwC study, June 2016.
(6) Possible legislative proposals will be subject to Commission better regulation requirements, in line with Commission’s Better Regulation Guidelines, SWD(2015) 111.
(7) The European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Agency (GSA) is an EU agency responsible for the exploitation of EGNOS and Galileo.
(8) Directive 2007/2/EC establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community , OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p.1.
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In line with the integrated European Union policy for the Arctic (JOIN(2016) 21 final).
(10) For example, pre-commercial procurement and public procurement of innovative solutions.
(11) For example, public private partnerships based on contractual arrangements or stemming from a joint technology initiative.
(12) Such as those from the ESA space technology harmonisation process.
(13) Notably Horizon 2020, COSME, the European Structural Investment Funds.
(14) European Investment Bank / European Investment Fund.
(15) As emphasised in 'A Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy' issued in June 2016 by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
(16) For example, the COSME cluster internationalisation instrument, EIB loans or export credits.
(17) European Environment Agency.
(18) European Fisheries Control Agency.
(19) European Maritime Safety Agency.