15 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2018/0236(COD)
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The space sector’s development has historically been linked to security. In many cases, the equipment, components and instruments used in the space sector are dual-use goods. The possibilities that space offers for the security of the Union and, its Member States and passengers should therefore be exploited.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Owing to its coverage and its potential to help resolve global challenges, the space programme of the Union ('Programme') has a strong international dimension. The Commission should therefore be enabled to manage, on behalf of the Union, and coordinate activities on the international scene, based on a clear programme established in conjunction with the Member States, on behalf of the Union, in particular to defend the interests of the Union and its Member States in international fora, including in the area of frequencies, to promote the Union's technology and industry, and to encourage cooperation in the field of training, bearing in mind the need to ensure the reciprocity of the rights and obligations of the parties. It is particularly important that the Union be represented by the Commission in the bodies of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme or in relevant sectoral UN bodies including the Food and Agriculture Organisation, as well as the World Meteorological Organisation.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission should promote and verify, alongside the Member States and the High Representative, responsible behaviour in space and outer space and explore the possibility for accession to the relevant UN Conventions.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Coherence and synergies between Horizon Europe and the Programme will foster a competitive and, innovative and sustainable European space sector; reinforce Europe’s autonomy in accessing and using space in a secure and safe environment; and strengthen Europe’s role as a global actor. Breakthrough solutions in Horizon Europe will be supported by data and services made available by the Programme to the research and innovation community.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) To structurally embed the user representation in the governance of GOVSATCOM and to aggregate user needs and requirements across national and civil-military boundaries, the relevant Union entities with close user-ties, such as the European Defence Agency, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, the Military Planning and Conduct Capability/Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability and the Emergency Response Coordination Centre should have coordinating roles for specific user groups. At an aggregated level the Agency and the European Defence Agency should respectively represent the civilian and military user communities and may monitor operational use, demand, conformance to requirements and evolving needs and requirements in order to optimise the activities of user communities without affecting security.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Owing to the importance of space- related activities for the Union economy and the lives of Union citizens, the dual- use nature of the systems and of the applications based on those systems, achieving and maintaining a high degree of security should be a key priority for the Programme, particularly in order to safeguard the interests of the Union and of its Member States and passengers, including in relation to classified and other sensitive non-classified information.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) In view of the uniqueness and complexity of the Programme and its link to security, recognised and well established principles should be followed for security accreditation. It is thus indispensable that security accreditation activities be carried out on the basis of collective responsibility for the security of the Union and its Member States, by endeavouring to build consensus and involving all those concerned with the issue of security, and that a permanent procedure for permanent risk monitoring be put in place. It is also imperative that technical security accreditation activities be entrusted to professionals who are duly qualified in the field of accrediting complex systems and who have an adequate level of security clearance.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the establishment of national, cross-border and multinational space- related innovation partnerships to develop innovative products or services and for the subsequent purchase of the resulting supply or services;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Programme's components shall only be open to the third countries and international organisations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 provided that the essentialall the security interests of the Union and its Member States are preserved.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to promote in good time and inclusively, in all Member States, throughout the supply chain, the widest and most open participation possible of start- ups, new entrants and small and medium sized enterprises and other economic operators, including the requirement of sub-contracting by the tenderers;
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by derogation from Article 167 of the Financial Regulation, to use, wherever appropriate, multiple supply sources in order to ensure better overall control of all the components of the Programme, their cost, quality and schedule;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The contracting authority may, in duly justified and substantiated cases, award a contract in the form of a conditional stage-payment contract .
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The contracting authority may, in justified cases, opt for a full or partial cost- reimbursement based contract under the conditions laid down in paragraph 3.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. To encourage new entrants, small and medium enterprises and start-ups, and to offer the widest possible geographic coverage while protecting the Union's strategic autonomy, the contracting authority may request that the tenderer subcontract part of the contract by competitive tendering at the appropriate levels of subcontracting to companies other than those which belong to the tenderer's group, provided this complies with the technical provisions and payment conditions applicable to sub-contractors.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) each Member State shall ensure that its national security regulations offer a high degree of protection of European Union classified information equivalent to that provided by the rules on security as set out in Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information30 and by the security rules of the Council set out in the Annexes to Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information31; _________________ 30 31OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53-88. OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53-88. 31 OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1-50. OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1-50.