EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ««« « « « « 1999 « « 2004 ««« Session document FINAL A5-0288/2001 20 July 2001 REPORT on the Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council on GALILEO (COM(2000) 750 – C5-0110/2001 – 2001/2059(COS)) Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Brigitte Langenhagen Draftsman(*): Yves Piétrasanta, Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (*) Hughes procedure RR\446386EN.doc PE 301.798 EN EN PE 301.798 2/31 RR\446386EN.doc EN CONTENTS Page PROCEDURAL PAGE ..............................................................................................................4 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION .............................................................................................5 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT............................................................................................10 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS................................................................18 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, EXTERNAL TRADE, RESEARCH AND ENERGY .......................................................................................................................26 (*) Hughes procedure RR\446386EN.doc 3/31 PE 301.798 EN PROCEDURAL PAGE By letter of 28 November 2000, the Commission forwarded to Parliament its communication to the European Parliament and the Council on GALILEO (COM(2000) 750 – 2001/2059(COS)). At the sitting of 15 March 2001 the President of Parliament announced that she had referred the communication to the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism as the committee responsible and to the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy for their opinions (C5-0110/2001). The Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism had appointed Brigitte Langenhagen rapporteur at its meeting of 24 January 2001. At the sitting of 5 April 2001 the President announced that the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy would deliver its opinion in accordance with the Hughes procedure and would be involved drafting the report. The committee considered the Commission communication and the draft report at its meetings of 29 May 2001 and 10 July 2001. At the latter meeting it adopted the motion for a resolution by 41 votes to 9, with 4 abstentions. The following were present for the vote: Konstantinos Hatzidakis chairman; Helmuth Markov and Emmanouil Mastorakis, vice-chairmen; Brigitte Langenhagen, rapporteur; and Sir Robert Atkins, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Carlos Bautista Ojeda (for Reinhold Messner, pursuant to Rule 153(2)), Rolf Berend, Theodorus J.J. Bouwman, Philip Charles Bradbourn, Felipe Camisón Asensio, Carmen Cerdeira Morterero, Luigi Cesaro, Luigi Cocilovo, Danielle Darras, Garrelt Duin, Alain Esclopé, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Jacqueline Foster, Mathieu J.H. Grosch, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Mary Honeyball, Juan de Dios Izquierdo Collado, Georg Jarzembowski, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Giorgio Lisi, Sérgio Marques, Erik Meijer, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Francesco Musotto, Juan Ojeda Sanz, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Karla M.H. Peijs, Wilhelm Ernst Piecyk, Giovanni Saverio Pittella (for John Hume), Samuli Pohjamo, Adriana Poli Bortone, Alonso José Puerta, Reinhard Rack, Carlos Ripoll i Martínez Bedoya, Isidoro Sánchez García, Gilles Savary, Ingo Schmitt, Elisabeth Schroedter (for Camilo Nogueira Román), Brian Simpson, Renate Sommer, Dirk Sterckx, Ulrich Stockmann, Margie Sudre, Hannes Swoboda (for Joaquim Vairinhos), Margrietus J. van den Berg, Ari Vatanen, Demetrio Volcic and Mark Francis Watts. The opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy are attached. The report was tabled on 20 July 2001. The deadline for tabling amendments will be indicated in the draft agenda for the relevant part-session. PE 301.798 4/31 RR\446386EN.doc EN MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council on GALILEO (COM(2000) 750 – C5-0110/2001 – 2001/2059(COS)) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission communication (COM(2000) 750 – C5-0110/2001), – having regard to the resolution of the Council of Transport Ministers of 5 April 2001 on GALILEO, – having regard to the conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of 24 March 2001, – having regard to the Commission communication ‘Galileo - Involving Europe in a New Generation of Satellite Navigation Services’ (COM(1999) 54), – having regard to the Commission Staff Working Paper ‘Cost Benefit Analysis Results for GALILEO’ of 22 November 2000, – having regard to its resolution of 13 January 1999, on the Commission communication ‘Towards a Trans-European Positioning and Navigation Network: including A European Strategy for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)’,1 – having regard to the Council resolution of 19 December 1994 on the European contribution to the development of a Global Navigation Satellite System,2 – having regard in particular to Article 154 of the EC Treaty, – having regard to Rule 47(1) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0288/2001), A. having regard to the common interest of the European Union in a coherent strategy for GALILEO, B. whereas the independence and reliability of GALILEO can make an important contribution towards achieving the Community objective of sustainable mobility for the environment and industry on the territory of the European Union, in particular by substantially improving railway interoperability and, more generally, management of traffic and travel on European territory, 1 OJ C 104, 14.04.1999, p. 73. 2 OJ C 379, 31.12.1994. RR\446386EN.doc 5/31 PE 301.798 EN C. whereas the development of GALILEO furthers the technological potential of Europe as a business location, D. whereas GALILEO opens up qualified access to high technology for Europe, so that future-oriented employment possibilities can be created, E. having particular regard to the fact that the European Union cannot allow itself to lag behind in the future development of technological capacities and the management of related technologies in the area of space technologies, and that for strategic reasons it must be involved in the monitoring of a satellite navigation system, F. reaffirming its view that further progress in this area should take place on the basis of a clear political signal from the Council, G. whereas the European Space Agency has already taken steps to continue with the programme on the basis of the favourable statements on its development by the Council and the European Parliament, H. whereas any more delay in programming further steps in this development will have serious consequences as regards the planning of the other phases that follow, I. whereas further delay in developing GALILEO would have serious consequences for the notified time window of 2008, which is linked to the plans to update the GPS (Global Positioning System)(GPS II), and for the industry; J. whereas according to economic analyses a strong economic upswing can be expected in the area of satellite navigation and related services, K. whereas GALILEO makes possible effective measurement and control processes in the area of commercial, scientific and security task-setting, 1. Notes the Commission communication and the Stockholm European Council’s conclusions of 24 March 2001 and the resolution of the Council of Transport Ministers of 5 April 2001 on GALILEO, and concludes from these that there is a need for further clarification if an informed decision is to be reached; 2. Calls on the Commission to make every effort to persuade those countries which are hesitant about GALILEO for financial reasons that the project should be implemented; 3. Calls on the Commission to present, by 1 July 2001, a proposal for the establishment of a management structure for GALILEO; 4. Calls on the Commission to present, by 15 November 2001, a proposal for a general financial structure for GALILEO in the context of the establishment of its management structure; 5. Calls on the Commission to provide further information on the organisation, administration, staff and funding of the entity, which will be in charge of the management of the project; PE 301.798 6/31 RR\446386EN.doc EN 6. Calls on the Commission to develop the proposal to build up a management and finance structure in such a way that European industry, over and above those sections of it that have already agreed, is motivated to take part in the development and subsequent phases; 7. Stresses, furthermore, the technical and industrial importance of GALILEO in maintaining the European space and telecommunication industries' high standards in terms both of skills and competitiveness; 8. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed analysis of possible revenue flows and to quantify the legal structural framework conditions needed for these; 9. Requests that as well as the overall financial strategy for the GALILEO project, due account is taken both of its economic impact in terms of work generated directly and indirectly and its impact in terms of direct and indirect employment for European industries; 10. Calls on the Commission first to carry out a more comprehensive cost-effectiveness analysis of GALILEO, including a comparison with alternative communications systems for air,