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- Committee draft report 2022/05/30
- Contribution 2022/05/24
- Contribution 2022/04/28
- GRUDLER Christophe (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE 2022/04/08
- FERNANDES José Manuel (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG 2022/03/11
- Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading 2022/03/07
Progress: Awaiting Council's 1st reading position
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ITRE | GRUDLER Christophe ( Renew) | SALINI Massimiliano ( EPP), HRISTOV Ivo ( S&D), NIENASS Niklas ( Verts/ALE), ADINOLFI Matteo ( ID), TOŠENOVSKÝ Evžen ( ECR), BOTENGA Marc ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | FERNANDES José Manuel ( EPP) | Martina DLABAJOVÁ ( RE), Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS ( GUE/NGL), Henrike HAHN ( Verts/ALE), Joachim KUHS ( ID), Bogdan RZOŃCA ( ECR), Ilan DE BASSO ( S&D) |
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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted the report by Christophe GRUDLER (Renew Europe, FR) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027.
The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:
Programme objectives
Members proposed to clarify the general objective of the Programme. It aims to establish a secure, autonomous and multi-services space-based system under civil control, integrating and complementing the capacities of the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme.
The Programme’s specific objectives have also been expanded. They aim to:
- improve the quality, resilience and autonomy of the Union and Member States’ satellite services;
- increase the cyber resilience of the Union by developing redundancy, passive and reactive cyber protection and operational cybersecurity;
- develop and integrate the space and related ground segment of the EuroQCI to enable secure transmission of cryptographic keys;
- enable, where possible, the development of communication and other services, by improving, creating synergies between and expanding capabilities and services of components of the Union Space Programme, as well as services that are not components of the Union Space Programme, by hosting additional satellite subsystems, including payloads;
- further develop broadband and seamless connectivity across the Union, thus eliminating communication dead zones while bridging the digital divide and enabling affordable access to the Internet;
- to improve the Union's strategical and technological autonomy in terms of space technologies, assets, operations and services.
Implementation activities of the Programme
Members proposed that the provision of the governmental services should be based on, integrated into and complemented by the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme. They should be ensured through the following activities:
- by 2024 , the design, development, validation and related deployment activities of the space and ground infrastructure required to provide first governmental services 6 months after the deployment;
- development and gradual integration of the space and related ground segment of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure into the space and ground infrastructure of the secure connectivity system;
- deployment activities to complete the space and ground infrastructure required to provide governmental services, leading to full operational capability by 2027 .
Environmental and space sustainability
According to Members, the implementation of the Programme should be carried out with a view to ensuring the environmental and space sustainability. To ensure environmental and space sustainability, the contracts and procedures should include provisions on:
- the minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the development, production and deployment of the infrastructure;
- the establishment of a scheme to offset the remaining greenhouse gas emissions;
- appropriate measures to reduce visible and invisible radiation pollution caused by the spacecraft, and that can hamper astronomical observations or any other type of research and observations;
- the use of appropriate collision-avoidance technologies for spacecraft;
- the submission and implementation of a comprehensive debris mitigation plan before the deployment phase.
The committee proposed that the Commission should ensure that a comprehensive database of the Programme’s space assets, in particular with data relating to environmental and space sustainability aspects, is maintained.
Budget
The report noted that the financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2027 and for covering the associated risks relating to the governmental infrastructure only shall be EUR 1.750 billion in current prices.
That amount should be drawn from the unallocated margins under the MFF 2021-2027 ceilings or mobilised through the non-thematic MFF special instruments.
The Programme should be complemented by funding implemented by relevant activities under the Horizon Europe Programme and the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme for a maximum indicative amount of EUR 0.430 billion and EUR 0.220 billion respectively.
Principles of procurement
The report lays down specific measures concerning public contracts to encourage new entrants, SMEs and start-ups across the EU and their cross-border participation, and to offer the widest possible geographical coverage while protecting the EU’s strategic autonomy.
For contracts above EUR 10 million, the contracting authority should ensure that large portions and at least 30% of the value of the contract is subcontracted by competitive tendering at various levels of subcontracting to companies outside the group of the prime tenderer, particularly in order to enable the cross-border participation of SMEs in the space ecosystem.
Evaluation and review
By 2 years after the entry into force of the Regulation and in any event by the 30 June 2026, and every two years thereafter, the Commission should evaluate the implementation of the Programme.
PURPOSE: to establish the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027 ensuring the provision of secure, flexible and resilient global satellite communications services to the Union and Member States' government entities.
PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
BACKGROUND: there is a growing demand by the Union governmental actors for secure and reliable satellite communication services, particularly because they are the only viable option in situations where ground-based communication systems are non-existent, disrupted or unreliable. Affordable and cost-effective access to satellite-based communication is also indispensable in remote regions and in the high seas and airspace.
Because of the scale and complexity of required investments, and the synergies that a common capability could bring, Govsatcom has been identified as early as 2013 as a promising field for Union initiatives, with the possibility of tangibly contributing to the objectives for a strong, secure and resilient European Union. It is now an integral part of the Space Strategy for Europe , the European Defence Action Plan and the European Union Global Strategy.
Until now, satellite communications have relied mainly on geosynchronous spacecraft (GEO), but technical progress has allowed the emergence of non-geostationary satellite constellations (NGSO) - satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) - whose performance meets new user needs.
To date, the EU has no operational or planned satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) or medium earth orbit (MEO). Driven by technological progress, various non-European mega-constellations supported or subsidised by the State are emerging in the USA, China and Russia, among others. At the same time, the geopolitical context and cyber and hybrid threats continue to raise security and resilience concerns. The rise of quantum computers poses an additional threat.
There is therefore a mismatch between the rapidly evolving governmental needs and the available European solutions , both at national and European level, for secure, reliable and diverse satellite communications services, based in particular on technological advances in medium and low earth orbits. This makes it urgent to set up a space-based system for secure connectivity in the Union.
CONTENT: the proposed Regulation establishes the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027.
Objectives
The general objective of the Programme is to establish a secure and autonomous space-based connectivity system for the provision of guaranteed and resilient satellite communication services, in particular to:
- ensure the long-term availability of worldwide uninterrupted access to secure and cost-effective satellite communication services to governmental users, which supports protection of critical infrastructures, surveillance, external actions, crisis management and applications that are critical for the economy, environment, security and defence, thereby increasing the resilience of Member States;
- allow for the provision of commercial services by the private sector.
The Programme has the following specific objectives :
- improve the resilience of the Union communication services by developing, building and operating a multi-orbital connectivity infrastructure, continuously adapted to evolution of demand for satellite communications, while taking into account the existing and future assets of the Member States used in the frame of the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696 ;
- contribute to cyber resilience by proactive and reactive defence against cyber and electromagnetic threats and operational cybersecurity, and integrate the space and related ground segment of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure to enable secure transmission of cryptographic keys;
- improve and expand the capabilities and services of other components of the Union Space Programme ;
- incentivise the deployment of innovative and disruptive technologies , in particular by leveraging the New Space industry; and
- allow further development of high-speed broadband and seamless connectivity throughout the Union , removing communication dead zones and increasing cohesion across Member State territories, and allow connectivity over geographical areas of strategic interest outside of the Union, such as in Africa and the Arctic region.
A public-private partnership is the most appropriate scheme to ensure that the objectives of the Programme could be pursued. This partnership will foster the participation of start-ups and SMEs along the whole value chain of the concession and across Member States, hereby incentivising the development of innovative and disruptive technologies.
The programme will provide guaranteed access to secure satellite communications . It will therefore indirectly contribute to the EU's security interests. In the Member States, it will support, for example, civil protection forces and national police, public security agencies, border guards and maritime communities. At EU level, it will facilitate the work of EU agencies, such as Frontex and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and enhance the effectiveness of civil protection and humanitarian aid interventions in the European Union and worldwide.
Budgetary impact
The EU contribution from 2021 to 2027 would amount to EUR 2 400 million at current prices, of which EUR 1 600 million will be implemented under the new EU programme for Secure Connectivity from 2023 to 2027 and EUR 800 million under three other programmes: (i) EUR 430 million under Horizon Europe, (ii) EUR 220 million under the Union Space Programme and (iii) EUR 150 million under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI).
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0033/2023
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0033/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: PE742.556
- Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: GEDA/A/(2022)007197
- Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE742.556
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2022)007197
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0249/2022
- Committee opinion: PE731.667
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE734.185
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE734.111
- Committee draft report: PE732.693
- Contribution: COM(2022)0057
- Contribution: COM(2022)0057
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2022)0077
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2022)0030
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2022)0031
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2022)0057
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2022)0077
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2022)0030
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2022)0031
- Committee draft report: PE732.693
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE734.111
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE734.185
- Committee opinion: PE731.667
- Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE742.556
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2022)007197
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0033/2023
- Contribution: COM(2022)0057
- Contribution: COM(2022)0057
Activities
- Maria da Graça CARVALHO
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- Karol KARSKI
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- Seán KELLY
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- Evelyn REGNER
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- Massimiliano SALINI
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- Christophe GRUDLER
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- Erik MARQUARDT
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- Niklas NIENASS
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- Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ
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- Damian BOESELAGER
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- Ivo HRISTOV
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