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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would firstly like to thank you once again for the European Parliament’s constant and determined majority support for the GALILEO satellite navigation programme.
With regard to the data issued by GALILEO, the international and Community instruments intended for its protection will clearly be applied. As Mrs Langenhagen’s report stresses, we believe – and this is one of its special features compared to the GPS system – that GALILEO must supply a public signal, that is, a robust and precise signal which cannot be interrupted as a result of military issues, as happens in the case of GPS, and sensitive applications, whether they be public – customs, judicial investigation and so on – or private – such as banking transmissions.
Finally, allow me to sum up the next stages of the programme. At the end of the year, after receiving Parliament’s opinion, the Council must adopt the statutes of the GALILEO joint undertaking and decide how the programme must continue to be developed by the said joint undertaking in close cooperation with the European Space Agency. As some of you have said, the green light must be given to the GALILEO project once and for all. The development phase, which should last from 2002 until the end of 2005, should allow the launch of the first satellites with a view to testing the system in reality and allow the receivers sector to bring those receivers into line.
As you can see, there is still much to do. Your support is absolutely essential and, in any event, we will keep this House fully informed of all the steps we take in relation to this project.
The resolution contained in Mrs Langenhagen’s excellent report is testimony to this and I thank her for her work.
Please allow me to make some comments on the motion for a resolution based on the Commission’s communication of November 2000.
At the end of June, the Commission sent to Parliament and the Council the proposed regulation on the statute of the GALILEO joint undertaking. I would like to insist on the importance of this proposal which is intended to establish a single management structure for the programme at the beginning of 2002. Given that the timetable is so tight, it is essential that Parliament can issue its opinion on this proposal before the end of the year.
In accordance with the conclusions of the Transport Council of last April, we have implemented a study of the services which GALILEO may offer, the income it may generate and the methods for collecting it. This study must be finished in the coming weeks so that the Transport Council in December may take the decisions necessary for the programme to move ahead.
Of course we will send the results of this study to this House and I hope that those of you who have expressed more reservations about the programme will find that it provides better explanation and greater confidence and that we will therefore have greater support – I know that it is supported by the majority of this House, but also that some of you have expressed significant reticence, if not opposition.
As the motion for a resolution clearly states, international cooperation is essential to the GALILEO programme. Its objective is to guarantee the interoperability of GALILEO with the existing radio-navigation systems, such as the American GPS or those in preparation, such as the Russian GLONASS. In this respect – and some of you have wondered whether or not it is necessary – I would like to say that the idea is that they are compatible and that they benefit each other mutually.
Ladies and gentlemen, after what happened last month, the need for a second system which reinforces the existing system and which provides greater security and is, when the time comes, not only a complement, but also an alternative in the event of possible unwanted situations – when we are seeing a huge increase in the applications which affect all the areas of our lives relating to GALILEO – is absolutely essential, not only for Europe, but for the whole world, including the users in the United States.
It is also important that we have the support of third countries so that we might have the necessary frequencies, principally within the framework of world radio communications conferences – the next one being in 2003. As you know, the allocation of frequencies is due to be consolidated in 2003. When this happens, it should aid participation in the development of the GALILEO programme."@en1
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