Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 17/3/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
17.3.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 79/1
I
Legislative acts
REGULATIONS
REGULATION EU 2023/588 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 March 2023
establishing the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 1892 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure 1,
Whereas:
1
The conclusions of the European Council of 19-20 December 2013 welcomed the preparations for the next generation of governmental satellite communications through close cooperation between the Member States, the Commission and the European Space Agency ESA. Governmental satellite communications have also been identified as one of the elements of the Global Strategy for the European Unions Foreign and Security Policy of June 2016. Governmental satellite communications are to contribute to the EU response to Hybrid Threats and provide support to the EU Maritime Security Strategy and to the EU Arctic policy.
2
The conclusions of the European Council of 21-22 March 2019 stressed that the Union needs to go further in developing a competitive, secure, inclusive and ethical digital economy with world-class connectivity.
3
The Communication of the Commission of 22 February 2021, entitled Action Plan on synergies between civil, defence and space industries, states that it aims to enable access to high-speed connectivity for everyone in Europe, and provide a resilient connectivity system allowing Europe to remain connected whatever happens.
4
A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence adopted by the Council on 21 March 2022 recognises that the space infrastructure of the Union and of its Member States contributes to our resilience and offers key services that substitute or complement ground infrastructures for telecommunications. It therefore calls for the Union to work on the proposal for a Union space-based global secure communication system.
1 Position of the European Parliament of 14 February 2023 not yet published in the Official Journal and decision of the Council of 7 March 2023.
