5 Amendments of Andreas MÖLZER related to 2011/2148(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that Galileo and EGNOS are instrumental in the creation of a Single European Sky and for the further development of safe and cost effective air traffic management in Europe and therefore calls for setting an ambitious and firm timetable along withto be set and for private investors to be involved so as to ensure stable financing for implementing both programmes as a precondition for a timely launch of the Single European Sky, the latter being a vital strategic step towards furthering European integration and strengthening the European common market;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that the Commission’s proposed Financial Framework for the period 2014 - 2020 excludes the GMES programme completely, and asks the Member States to conduct a thorough cost-benefit analysis and, on that basis, to decide whether they wish to continue to cover the costs of the launch and annual maintenance of the programme; considers that this would lead to a potential temporary suspension of the programme itself, an interruption in data provision as a result, and a dependence on non-European space infrastructure;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of European involvement in ensuring security in space, on the basis of the polluter pays principle, in ensuring security in space – which includes preventing China from testing anti-satellite weapons – via the European Space Situational Awareness System as well as in space exploration via the International Space Station, since both, protecting the critical European space infrastructure from the risk of collision with spacecraft or space debris and technology spill-over resulting from space exploration, could benefit transport sectors on Earth, especially aviation;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
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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 maintenance costs for the period 2014 - 2020 will average EUR 850 million per year, with the likelihood, in the light of previous rises in space project costs and the fact that there are no comparable projects, that costs will be higher;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that Parliament’s aim is, following a cost-benefit analysis, to include the GMES programme in the European budget, enabling Europe to commit to achieving the space programme objectives while respecting all the ‘2020’ objectives, among them combating climate change.