10 Amendments of Felix REDA related to 2016/2325(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission, in its communication entitled ‘Space Strategy for Europe’ notes that the European space industry is increasingly part of the global value chain and develops innovative products and services, particularly products related to the Internet of Th for communication, navigation and remote sensings, which are also highly relevant to undertakings outside the space sector and can be adapted for consumer use;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the Commission, through the structural and investment funds and by other financial and non-financial means, to give generous and forward-looking support and encouragement not just to space research activities in the field of industrial and applied science but also to fundamental research in this field, because fundamental space research not only has a direct impact on applied technology but alsoand provides the sector with highly- qualified staff, who are the most important innovation factor of all;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for the Commission to analyse the functioning of the space related market, both in the launcher and space assets sector and in the services that use them; calls on the Commission to ensure that the framework is fit for a competitive approach that encourages European suppliers to reach toward other markets;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to set targets and measures for viable market uptake of EGNOS, Galileo and Copernicus programmes and support the development of applications based on space data and services;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls for the Commission to encourage the development of alternative launching technologies and the inclusion of ecodesign principles in all the launchers and space assets.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, on those Member States which are also signatories to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and the related Space Liability Convention, to plug the regulatory gap in Article 2 of the Space Liability Convention and ensure that states which tolerate, fund, encourage or incite computer attacks on space systems can be made directly liable; Stresses that states which do not comply with this obligation should be deemed to be liable within the meaning of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on all Member States to ensure the wide use of strong encryption in all space assets and ground facilities and take all measures to ensure the security of communications and the resilience of the infrastructure;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Asks the Commission to work towards universal acceptance of the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Treaty, recognize that space is the common heritage of mankind and provide for benefit-sharing with developing countries especially in the context of space mining initiatives;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to ensure that the marketing of remote sensing systems creates benefits for consumers and businesses, particularly SMEs, in the EU, and with this in mind calls for the creation of a legal framework to enable the data thus obtained to be protected against unauthorised accesseasily reused and available for processing by all those that can generate added value.