17 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2013/0064(COD)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Space debris has become the mosta serious threat to the sustainability of space activities. A space surveillance and tracking (hereinafter referred to as 'SST') support programme should therefore be established with the aim to support the setting up and operation of services consisting of monitoring and surveying space objects with a view to preventing damage to spacecraft resulting from collisions, as well as to prevent damage to ground infrastructure or human population as a result of. The proliferation of space debris also has an impact on the incidence of hazardous uncontrolled re- entries of entire spacecraft or space debris thereof into the Earth's atmospherespace objects. An SST service should therefore be set up so as to forecast trajectories and re-entry paths in order to provide governments and civil protection services with useful information.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The provision of SST services will benefit all public and private operators of space-based infrastructures, including the Union in view of its responsibilities for its EU space programmes – European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and Galileo being implemented by Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the further implementation of the European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo)12 and Copernicus/GMES established by Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 Of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011 to 2013)13 . RWarnings about uncontrolled re- entry warningand estimated earthfall zones and times will also benefit national public authorities concerned with civil protection. __________________ 12 OJ L 196, 27.4.2008, p. 1. 13 OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 1.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Civil-military SSA user requirements were defined in the Commission staff working paper 'European space situational awareness high-level civil-military user requirements'14 endorsed by the Member States in the Political and Security Committee of the Council on 18 November 201115. The provision of SST services should serve only civilian purposes. Purely military requirements should not be addressed by this Decision. __________________ 14Protection of military or dual-use satellites shall constitute a civilian purpose. __________________ 14 SEC(2011) 1247 final, 12.10.2011. SEC(2011) 1247 final, 12.10.2011. 15 Council document 15715/11, 24.10.2011.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Precise information on the nature, specifications and location of certain space objects may affect the security of the European Union or, its Member States or third countries. Adequate security considerations should therefore be taken into account in the establishment and operation of the network of SST sensors, the capacity to process and analyse SST data and the provision of SST services. It is therefore necessary to lay down general provisions on the use and secure exchange of SST data and information between the Member States, the EUSC and the recipients of SST services in this Decision. Furthermore, the European Commission and the European External Action Service should define the coordination mechanisms needed to address matters related to the security of the SST support programme.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Overall objective The SST support programme shall help ensure the long-term availability of European national space infrastructure facilities and services, with the overall objective of equipping the European Union with an autonomous space surveillance system, which is essential for the security of economies, societies and citizens in Europe, mainly by contributing to the non-proliferation of space debris.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) 'Space object' means any man-made or natural object in outer space.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) 'Spacecraft' means any man-made space object serving a specific purpose, including active artificial satellites;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
(5) 'SST data' means physical parameters of space objects acquired by SST sensors or space objects' orbital parameters derived from observations by those sensors.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – introductory part
The objectives of the SST Support Programme shall be to support actions aimed at establishing a SST capability giving the European Union an appropriate degree of autonomy and, in particular:
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) the establishment and operation of a sensor function consisting of a network of ground-based or space-based existing national sensors to survey and track space objects and to produce a related database;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point b
Article 3 – point b
(b) the establishment and operation of a processing function to process and analyse the SST data captured by the sensors, including the capacity to detect and identify space objects and to build and maintain a catalogue thereofin order to produce SST information;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point c
Article 3 – point c
(c) the setting up and operation of a service function to provide the SST services to spacecraft operators and public authoritiesdefined in Article 4(1) to the entities referred to in Article 4(2).
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the detection and risk assessmentcharacterisation of on-orbit explosfragmentations or break-ups or collisions;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the risk assessment of and alerts relateding to the uncontrolled re-entry of space objects and space debris into the Earth's atmosphere, and the prediction of the time and location of impactearthfall zones and times.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The SST Support Programme shall notmay provide support for the development of new SSTsensors or be involved in the upgrading of existing sensors.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States wishing to participate in the implementation of the objectives set out in Article 3 shall submit an application to the Commission demonstratingirectly, or via a national or multinational consortium or public entity, which demonstrates compliance with the following criteria:
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8
Article 8
The European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) shall participate in the implementation of the objective set out in point (c) of Article 3 and shall be eligible for financial contribution from the SST support programme subject to the conclusion of the agreement referred to in Article 10. The EUSC shall be tasked with interfacing with end users. It shall establish and set up facilities for the retrieval of SST data and distribution of services to the entities specified in Article 4(2).