Press Release: Space programme ‘Copernicus’ for Earth observation agreed

The Committee of Permanent Representatives on 20 December 2013 endorsed the agreement reached on 18 December 2013 between the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament representatives on the establishment of the Copernicus space programme.

The agreement paves the way for its formal adoption by the European Parliament and the
Council early in 2014.

Copernicus, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), aims at providing Europe with a continuous, independent and reliable access to earth observation data and information.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: VP Tajani: The countdown to the launch of the first Copernicus satellite has begun http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-vp-tajani-the-countdown-to-the-launch-of-the-first-copernicus-satellite-has-begun/

ESO: Background information: Copernicus: The EU Earth Observation Programme - good for jobs and the environment http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-copernicus-the-eu-earth-observation-programme-good-for-jobs-and-the-environment/

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