8 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2009/0070(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to achieve the objective of GMES on a sustainable basis, it is necessary to coordinate the activities of the various partners involved in GMES, and to develop, establish and operate service and observation capacity meeting demands of users and contemporary requirements. GMES will be a key tool to support biodiversity, ecosystem monitoring, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Operational services in the field of emergency mitigation and humanitarian responses are necessary in order to organise and coordinate the existing capacity of the Community and its Member States to be better prepared, respond to and recover from natural and man-made disasters, which often also have a negative impact on the environment. As climate change could lead to an increase in emergencies, GMES will be essential for climate change adaptation. GMES services should therefore deliver geospatial information to support various players in the field of emergency and humanitarian responses.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The provision of operational services financed under this Regulation depends on access to data collected via space infrastructure and airborne, seaborne and ground-based facilities (“in situ infrastructure”) and survey programmes. Access to such data should therefore be ensured, subject to compliance with confidentiality rules concerning information which is sensitive for commercial or national reasons, and where necessary in-situ data collection complementary to Community and national activities should be supported. This is particularly important where such data collection is not required under Community or national law. Finally, the continuous availability of the underlying in situ and space infrastructure needs to be ensured, including space infrastructure specifically developed for GMES in the framework of the ESA GMES space component programme (the Sentinel missions). The first Sentinels will enter their initial operations phase starting in 2011.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) GMES services should be fully and openly accessible, subject to compliance with confidentiality rules concerning information which is sensitive for commercial or national reasons. This is necessary to promote the use and sharing of Earth observation data and information in accordance with the principles of the SEIS, INSPIRE and Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
- emergency management and search and rescue backup;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 4
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 4
- monitoring of the marine environment, shipping surveillance and maritime border control;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) full and open access to information produced by GMES services and data collected through GMES infrastructure, subject to relevant security restrictions concerning sensitive areas of national concern such as security;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) supporting the European research, innovation and technology communities.