6 Amendments of Bill NEWTON DUNN related to 2011/2148(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. ReaAffirms the importance of GMES, the Earth observation system, which canwill be essential in combating climate change and environmental degradation. GMES will provide easily accessible information at the global level, acquiring and is vital for the acquisition and analysings of information and the extractingon of precise and useful data for those involved in civil protection following earthquakes, tsunamis or environmental disastersenvironmental monitoring and civil protection; observes that, in light of the ‘Europe 2020’ objectives, GMES is an ess fundamential resource in combating climate change at the global level;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of the GMES contribution to achieving Europe 2020 objectives by providing information to combat climate change and to support growth and the green economy, as well as long-term investments in technology and infrastructure;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Commission's proposed Financial Framework for the period 2014 - 2020 excludes financing for the GMES programme completely, and asks the Member States to continue to cover the costs of the launch and annual maintenance of the programme; considers that this would lead to a potential temporary suspensionill endanger the future of the GMES programme itself, an, will interruption in data provision as a result, and lead to a dependence on non-European space infrastructure;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the costs relating to GMES are already covered until 2013, totalling EUR 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.3 billion for the satellites and EUR 700 million for related services) and that it is estimated that the programme's maintenanceoperational costs for the period 2014 - 2020 will average EUR 850 million per year;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the adequate use of space programmes would lead to significant savings for the sectors involvUnderlines that without continued funding of operational costs, the previous investment in GMES and related services would be lost and that the European Union's commitment to a comprehensive space strategy would be weakened;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that Parliament's aim is to include the GMES programme in the European budget, enabling Europe to commit to achieving the space programme objectives while respecMultiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020, enabling Europe to better achieve its space programme objectives, to encourage progress towards meeting all the ‘Europe 2020’ objectives, among themnd to have the resources to combating climate change.