1 Amendments of Gabriele PREUSS related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the critical role of the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Galileo and EGNOS – for the transport system, particularly for safety, including in the aviation, road, railway and maritime transport sectors as well as for the development and exploitation of multi-modal transport systems; highlights the crucial tasks of European GNSS agency (GSA) as regards to Galileo and EGNOS and the important contribution of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in its capacity as the certification authority for EGNOS service provision and in the preparatory actions needed for the oversight of the Galileo performance; believes that it is necessary for GSA to be adequately staffed in order to safeguard smooth functioning and exploitation of the European GNSS programmes;