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Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the Commission’s proposed Financial Framework for the period 2014 - 2020 excludes funding 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 suspension of the programme itself, an interruption in data provision as a result, and a dependence on non-European space infrastructure;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO

Draft opinion
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 operational maintenance costs for the period 2014 - 2020 will average EUR 850 million per year;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Acknowledges the social benefits to users of GMES services, for whom continuity and sustainability are of the essence if they are to derive maximum advantage from the observation infrastructures offered by the programme;

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

Salvatore TATARELLA, Sergio BERLATO, Elisabetta GARDINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that inclusion of GMES funding in the 2014 - 2020 multiannual financial framework would save wasting investment to date in the seventh framework programme of research in the field of services and information.

2011/10/06
Committee: ENVI

4 Amendments of Sergio BERLATO related to 2011/2148(INI)

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