15 Amendments of Simona BONAFÈ related to 2018/0236(COD)
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The space sector’s development has historically been linked to security. In many cases, the equipment, components and instruments used in the space sector are dual-use goods. The possibilities that space offers for the security and independence of the Union and its Member States should therefore be exploited.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union needs to ensure its freedom of action and autonomy to have access to space and be able to use it safely. It is therefore essential that it maintains autonomous, reliable and cost-effective access to space, especially as regards critical infrastructure and technology, public security and the security of the Union and its Member States. The Commission should therefore have the possibility to aggregate launch services at European level, both for its own needs and, at their request, for those of other entities, including Member States, in conformity with the provisions of Article 189(2) of the Treaty. It is also crucial that the Union continues to have modern, efficient and flexible launch infrastructure facilities and that it prioritises the use of European- made launch vehicles in its programmes. In addition to measures taken by Member States and the European Space Agency, the Commission should consider ways to support such facilities. In particular, where space ground infrastructure necessary to perform launches in line with the needs of the Programme is to be maintained or upgraded, it should be possible to partially fund such adaptations under the Programme, in line with the Financial Regulation and where a clear EU value added can be established, with thea view tof achieving a better cost efficiency for the Programme.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission should promote, alongside the Member States and the High Representative, responsible behaviour in space and outer space, especially in view of the growing quantity of space debris, and explore the possibility ofor accession to the relevant UN Conventions.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Copernicus should ensure an autonomous access to environmental knowledge and key technologies for Earth observation and geo-information services, thereby enabling the Union to achieve independent decision-making and actions in the fields of the environment, in particular as regards ocean health, soil protection, and biodiversity, climate change, civil protection, security, as well asnd the digital economy, among others.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) The number of users of climate change-related Copernicus services is continuing to rise and doubled from 2015 to 2016. These services need to be made fully operational in order to make data more widely available for climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In addition, the SST should be complementary to existing mitigation measures, such as the Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and Guidelines for the Long- term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, or other initiatives, to ensure the safety, security and sustainability of outer space activities. With a view to reducing risks of collision, the SST would also seek synergies with initiatives of active removal and passivation measures of space debris, for instance by developing active removal technologies. The SST should contribute to ensuring the peaceful use and exploration of outer space. The increase in space activities may have implication ons for the international initiatives in the area of the space traffic management. The Union should monitor those developments and may take them into consideration in the context of the mid-term review of the current MFF.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Additionally, the Programme shall include measures for ensuring efficient access to space for the Programme and for fostering an innovative and competitive space sector.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) for Copernicus: to deliver accurate and reliable user-oriented Earth Observation data and information, supplied on a long-term basis, to support the implementation and monitoring of the Union and its Member States' policies in the fields of the environment, climate change, agriculture and rural development, civil protection, safety and security, as well as the digital economy;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for Space Situational Awareness ('SSA'): to enhance SST capabilities to monitor, track and identify space objects, to monitor space weather and, to map and network Member States’ NEO capacities, and to bring about solutions for European Earth orbit clean-up operations;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) provision of education and training activities, for instance through traineeships aimed at students, recent graduates, and young professionals and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) systematic consideration of the needs of users of the services provided by the Programme's components, including consultation of the User Forum, as well as of scientific and technological evolutions relating to those services;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
For the purposes of coordination and management of Copernicus, the Commission shall be assisted by the Copernicus Committee, composed of representatives of the Member States and the User Forum, the latter being a Committee working group staffed by the national user communities. The Forum shall play a key role in collecting contributions on Copernicus-related developments and disseminating them to users.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
– marine environment monitoring to provide information on the state and dynamics of marine andecosystems, with particular emphasis on plastic and microplastic pollution mapping, and of coastal ecosystems and their resources;
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 4 a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 4 a (new)
– monitoring to protect cultural and natural heritage;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 77 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) adopt, by 15 November each year, the Agency’s work programme for the following year after incorporating, without any change, the section drafted by the Security Accreditation Board, in accordance with point (b) of Article 80, and after having received the Commission’s opinion and consulted the European Parliament on that work programme;