GALILEO : MEPS GIVE THEIR AGREEMENT, CALLS FOR TENDER BEING PREPARED.(Brief article)

Tech Europe, May, 2008

Though almost a formality, on 23 April the European Parliament's plenary session voted overwhelmingly in favour of the agreement concluded with the Council of EU Ministers on the implementation of the deployment and operation phases of Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, by 607 vote for, 36 against and eight abstentions. The EU therefore now has a legal basis to move forward with operations. Very quickly, the European Commission should present a proposal which modifies the regulation on the programme's management structures, in order to adapt the Galileo surveillance authority in compliance with what was agreed by the Parliament and the Council.

Above all, during the debate which preceded the plenary vote, EU Transport Commissioner Jacques...

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