8 Amendments of Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ related to 2015/2276(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for the definition of the necessary requirements for future systems, private or public, which participate to safety of life applications (e.g. positioning, ATM air traffic management) with regards to the protection against possible security attacks (jamming, spoofing, cyber attacks, space weather and debris); considers that such safety requirements should be certifiable and under the surveillance of an European entity (such as EASA);
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that Galileo is a civil system under civil control; recalls the existence of the Public Regulated Service (PRS), which is restricted to government- authorised users and is suitable for sensitive applications where robustness and complete reliability must be ensured; considers that the capacity of the PRS should be further developed in the next generations in order to respond to evolving threats; calls on the Commission to ensure that the operational procedures are as efficient as possible, particularly in the event of a crisis; stresses the need to continue developing and promoting applications based on Galileo capabilities, including the necessary ones for CSDP, in order to maximise the socio-economic benefits; recalls also the need to strengthen the security of the Galileo infrastructure, including the ground segment, and invites the Commission to take the necessary steps in this direction in cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the work to provide the EU with autonomy in governmental satellite communications (GOVSATCOM); calls on the Commission to make, on the basis of beneficiaries’ needs and requirements, a cost-benefit evaluation of different solutions: a system relying on current capabilities with the possibility of integrating future capabilities or the creation of new capacities through a dedicated system; invites in this regard the Commission to address the issue of ownership and liability; stresses that the final decision should take account of the interests of beneficiaries and industry; considers that the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) framework could provide a governance model;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the development of SST as a step towards security in space; considers that SST shcould become an EU programme with its own budget; invites the Commission to assess the need to take account of space weather and near-Earth objects and to come up with the next steps for SST in order to prepare industry;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the strategic importance of independent access to space and the need for dedicated EU action; calls on the Commission, including with regard to security and defence, sin collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Member States, to coordinate planned institutional needs, so that industry can anticipate demand, to support launch infrastructure and to promote R&D, particularly in breakthrough technologiece this capacity allows Europe to gain access to space in the event of a crisis; considers that the EU must ensure that it has a strong space technological base and the necessary industrial capabilities to allow it to conceive, develop, launch, operate and exploit space systems, ranging from technological autonomy and cyber- security to supply-side considerations;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises simultaneously benefits of security-related international cooperation in area of space with EU’s reliable partners, particularly with the United States and Japan;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for better coordination of EU space capacities, with the necessary system architectures and procedures to ensure a proportionate level of security, including data security; considers that EU space capacities dedicated to security and defence could be managed by a specific operational service coordination centre.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the high level of security for the EU GNSS systems; underlines the successful execution of tasks assigned to the European GNSS Agency, in particular through the Security Accreditation Board and the Galileo Security Monitoring Centres; calls in this respect for use to be made of the expertise and security infrastructure of the European GNSS Agency also for Copernicus; calls for this issue to be addressed in the mid-term review of Galileo and Copernicus;