10 Amendments of Herbert REUL related to 2016/2325(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
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– having regard to Article 4 and to Article 189 of Title XIX of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Believes that it is necessary to evaluate the governance of the Galileo and Copernicus programmes before the presentation by the Commission of its new legislative proposals as part of the next MFF; considers that this evaluation should address amongst other matters the future role of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in Galileo and a potential role in Copernicus, how to simplify the GSA’s relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the current split between the Agency’s core and delegated tasks;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Highlights that the outcome of the evaluation should also feed into future discussions on the relationship between the EU and the ESA, with a view to signing an updated ESA-EU framework agreement, building based on the joint EU- ESA statement signed on 26 October 2016;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Asks the Commission to review the adequacy of resources allocated to the GSA, taking into consideration its current and future tasks and the risks of conflicts of interest resulting from the outsourcing of tasks; maintains that the GSA should concentrate on its core tasks and its areas of responsibility and capacity should not be expanded to excess;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Stresses that in order to meet current and future challenges, the next EU budget should include a larger space budget larger than the current one, commensurate with the tasks to be performed, and that this needs to be ensured in the course of the upcoming MFF review;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Stresses that the success of the space sector is highly dependent on research and innovation and that the next Framework Programme should put an emphasis on space-related research, whilst ensuring efficiency through full cooperation between the EU, the ESA and the Member States in areas such as launcher researchresearch areas; maintains that research areas which have hitherto been covered by the ESA, such as launcher research, should remain within the ESA remit;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission to aggregate its demand for launchers and launching services; cCalls on the Commission to ensure fair treatment of EU enterprises vis-à-vis enterprises from third countries in public procurement, specifically by taking into consideration the prices that companies charge to other customers worldwide;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to mitigate the risks presented by space debris by enhancing current SST services with the aim of setting up an independent system capable of both recognising threats from space debris to European space infrastructure and inducing measures to avoid collision; calls on the Commission to improve the administrative framework for SST services;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the plansCalls on the Commission to consider whether it would be advisable to extend the scope of SST to cover the issues related tof space weather and cyber threats and proposes an additional focus on near-earth objects owing to their potential catastrophic impact in case of collision; maintains that the scope of SST should be extended along those lines if, and only if, ESA activities are taken into account; stresses that there must be no overlapping with the responsibilities of the ESA;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to design the planned Govsatcom initiative in a cost- effective way, which may include purchasing services from commercial communication satellites, and to ensure that the initiative creates significant added value and avoids duplicating existing structures; also calls on the Commission to ensure that this initiative will entail no disadvantages for European industry or established infrastructure;