Activities of Claude TURMES related to 2013/2092(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU Space Industrial Policy, releasing the Potential for Growth in the Space Sector PDF (204 KB) DOC (120 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that the Commission does not yet have a horizontal approach with a view to rooting space policy and its objectives and uses in the various fields of policy of the Union; calls on the Commission in future also to take account of space policy in such fields as, for example, telecommunications, transport, environment, agriculture or culture;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to assign priority to the following aspects: institutional issues, Galileo and Copernicus, the space industry as a generator of growth and employment, impact assessment of space-related activities, civilian access to space, the role of R&D, satellite communication and space junkdebris;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the successes which the ESA has achieved for Europe in the field of space travel in recent decades; observes, however, that, in the long term, research needs to be done into ways of achieving greater operational efficiency and political coordination and responsibility can only be achieved by bringing the ESA closer to the EU; calls on the Commission to investigate very carefully whether the ESA could for example in future be linked to the Union's governance structures as an inter- State organisation, while it is not felt to be appropriate to convert the ESA into a European agency;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the completion of Galileo and the continuation of Copernicus should be assigned the highest priority as the flagships of European space policy, so that the first Galileo services can also in practice be opened to the public in 2014;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Observes that not only SMEs, but they in particular SMEs, require a kind of pump- priming funding from the public sector to give them sufficient funds for long-termtailored support for investment in R&D; is convinced that public funding and the existence of public customers for products and services of the space industry can drive innovation and thus generate economic growth and create jobs;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Observes that undertakings from outside the space industry can derive benefit from innumerable products derived from space research; calls on all parties concerned, therefore, to develop fruitful exchanges between actors in the space and non-space industries and to work in partnership to develop technologies which can lead to pioneering innovations for the benefit of society;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the space-based services and robotics industries, in particular, may create many market opportunities primarily for SMEs;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that it is only by means ofhaving the adequate availability of highly skilled employees that it can be ensured that this one of the basis for a competitive European space industry can remain competitive; calls therefore on all parties concerned to step up cooperation between universities and industry; observes furthermore that the acquisition of talents from third countries is indispensable;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of commercial sales foraccess to space for all Member States, which may be achieved with the support of the European space industry; observes at the same time that access to institutional markets in third countries remains partially closed to European industry; stresses the importance of equal initial conditions for European industry at international level; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure equal opportunities and fair competitive conditions in the context of trade agreements (e.g. TTIP);
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the European space industry should make use ofmay benefit from existing European space infrastructure, part of which was paid for using European public funds;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Observes that the development of innovative applications in Europe is hampered by various obstacles; reminds the Commission, therefore, that there is an untapped market for the commercial exploitation of space-based data generated by earth observation and satellite programmes; calls on the Commission to conduct a study to identify these obstacles (such as uncertainty regarding the availability of services, reservations with regard to security and data protection, and inadequate awareness of potential, lack of interoperability) and to put forward possible proposals concerning ways of opening up these markets;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Space junkdebris
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that space-based infrastructure constitutes the backbone of many services used by industry and society in everyday life; observes that loss of access to this infrastructure, for example due to collisions between satellites and space junkother space objects or debris, could impair the safety of economic actors and members of the public;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Observes that space junkdebris is a growing problem; calls on the Commission and Member States to work towards global governance for space; calls on the Commission and Member States, at the same time, to encourage third countries to sign the Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities which has been drawn up by the European Union;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to support the establishment at European level as quickly as possible of the programme proposed at the beginning of this year to support observation and tracking of objects in space, in order to ensure growing independence from institutions in the USA which issue warnings of collisions;