8 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2016/2325(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the role played by space technologies in making transport smarter, safer, more secure, sustainable and integrated; welcomes the Commission’s communication and believes it can contribute to new transport needs of secure, seamless connectivity, more robust positioning and interoperability;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the transport sector offers high potential for emerging, innovative business opportunities in the downstream sector concerning safety, environmental efficiency, data streaming, navigation, alerting, and rescue services and, traffic management, and emission and pollution control, among others;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the EU’s transport sector, particularly in traffic management, tracking systems and satellite-based observation, depends on space technology and its ability to accurately determine a position at any moment; considers that the strategy should lead to independent and secure access to space services and data and non-dependence on third countries, while promoting domestically built space technology and its competitiveness on the global market;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to support the Europe-wide development of new space business models and of technologies which are revolutionising the sector and reducing costs, in particular those European technologies that make it possible to send small satellites into space, thereby increasing the number of operators able to access space technology, for instance through reusable balloons or launchers;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that satellite services have an essential role to play in improving road safety and reducing accidents and in medical and other emergency services for traffic victims; notes that satellite data are potentially important for autonomous driving and hence that people might be put at risk if such data were not accurate and secure; urges the Commission to give priority to road safety in all proposals to incorporate satellite information in the road sector and calls on the Commission to bring the eCall system into general use for all vehicles, in particular the most vulnerable types, such as motorised two- wheelers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to support the EU space sector in anticipating the full deployment of GALILEO and to incentivise the development of compatible products; asks the Commission to encourage investments in space activities for transport through ad hoc smart financing (e.g. EFSI) for that sector while carrying on a dialogue with the space sector, including SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that training and professional skills development have an important role to play in making the EU space sector genuinely independent and self-contained; calls on the Commission to provide continuing support under Horizon 2020 and future research and development programmes for actions to promote education, training, and the dissemination of findings in space-related fields.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to draw up a strategy whereby the EU would work with other agencies and bodies in non- member countries, in particular those nearest to it, to develop services of common interest covering, for example, marine pollution control, traffic control, or other civilian cooperation services.