13 Amendments of Răzvan POPA related to 2018/0236(COD)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To strengthen the competitiveness of the Union space industry and gain capacities in designing, building and operating its own systems, the Union should support the creation, growth, and development of the entire space industry. The emergence of a business- and innovation-friendly model should be supported at European, regional and national levels by establishing space hubs that bring together the space, digital and user sectors. The Union shouldmust foster the creation and expansion of Union-based space companies to help them succeed, including by supporting them in accessing risk finance in view of the lack, within the Union, of appropriate access to private equity for space start-ups and by creating innovation partnerships, including partnerships with medical and research facilities (first contract approach).
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Any revenue generated by the Programme should accrue to the Union in order to partially offset the investments that it has already made, and that revenue should be used to support the achievement of objectives of the Programme and the development of new segments thereof. For the same reason, it should be possible to provide for a revenue-sharing mechanism in contracts concluded with private sector entities.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Third countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate in one or more Union programme segments in the framework of the cooperation established under the EEA agreement, which provides for the implementation of the programmes by a decision under that agreement. Third countries may also participate on the basis of other legal instruments. A specific provision should be introduced in this Regulation to grant the necessary rights for and access to the authorizing officer responsible, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as well as the European Court of Auditors to comprehensively exert their respective competences.
Amendment 115 #
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 the same time, it is necessary to clarify matters regarding access to the information gathered through these activities and the storage thereof. 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.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) To ensure the secure circulation of information, appropriate rules should be established to ensure equivalence of security rules for the different public and private entities, as well as natural persons, involved in the implementation of the Programme, with the establishment of several levels of access to information and, implicitly, the security of access to information.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56 a (new)
Recital 56 a (new)
(56a) Member States and the Commission should periodically run the Copernicus information campaigns regarding the benefits of the programme, giving all potential users access to the relevant information and data.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) The SST should further develop the performance and autonomy of SST capabilities. To this end, it should lead to the establishment of an autonomous European catalogue of space objects, building on data from the network of SST sensors. The SST should also continue to support operation and delivery of SST services. As SST is a user-driven system, appropriate mechanisms should be put in place to collect user requirements, including those relating to security and the transmission of useful information to and from public institutions to improve the effectiveness of the system.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) The Security Committee of the Council recommended the creation of a risk management structure to ensure that data security issues are duly taken into account in the implementation of Decision No 541/2014/EU. For that purpose and taking account of the work already performed, the appropriate risk management structures and procedurescooperation procedures to be applied if necessary should be established by the participating Member States.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Extreme and major space weather events may threaten the safety of citizens and disrupt the operations of space-based and ground-based infrastructure. A space weather function should therefore be established as part the Programme with an aim of assessing the space weather risks and corresponding user needs, raising the awareness of space weather risks by informing all users in good time, ensuring the delivery of user-driven space weather services, and improving Member Startes' capabilities to produce space weather service. The Commission should prioritise the sectors to which the operational space weather services are to be provided taking into account the user needs, risks and technological readiness. In the long term, the needs of other sectors may be addressed. The delivery of services at Union level according to the users' needs will require targeted, coordinated and continued research and development activities to support space weather services evolution. The delivery of the space weather services should build on the existing national and Union capabilities and enable a broad participation of Member States and involvement of the private sector.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Member States should provide for adequate training and retraining programmes in line with the rapid development of new technologies to cover the need for space meteorology specialists and related research and innovation activities.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘space debris’ means any space object including spacecraft or fragments and elements thereof in Earth's orbit or re- entering Earth's atmosphere, that are non- functional or no longer serve any specific purpose, including parts of rockets or artificial satellites, or inactive artificial satellites and may affect human activity on different continents;
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the establishment of space-related innovation partnerships within the Union and with third countries where appropriate to develop innovative products or services and for the subsequent purchase of the resulting supply or services;
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) provision of education and, training and further training activities;