Activities of Tarja CRONBERG related to 2013/0064(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a space surveillance and tracking support programme
Amendments (5)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The SST support programme should contribute to ensuring the peaceful use and exploration of outer space.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The SST support programme should also be complementary to existing mitigation measures such as the United Nations (UN) guidelines for space debris mitigation or other initiatives, such asand be consistent with the Union proposal for an international Code of Conduct on outer space activities.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Parallel to the need for a long term and comprehensive SSA capacity, the European Union should prioritise, support and benefit from initiatives of active removal and passivation measures of space debris, such as the one developed by ESA, as being the best effective way to reduce risks of collision and risks linked to their uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth atmosphere.
Amendment 32 #
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. As all European Union structures, institutions and policies which rely on space based assets, the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) European Defence Agency (EDA) will profit from the provision of effective SST services but both have no pro-active role in the implementation of this Directive. __________________ 14 SEC(2011) 1247 final, 12.10.2011. 15 Council document 15715/11, 24.10.2011.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) ensure, in addition, the necessary dialogue and coordination bringing together relevant actors such as ESA in view of ensuring coherence between military and civilian space programmes and initiatives and to pursue, in particular, synergies in the space debris tracking and evasion;