Council Decision (EU) 2022/1089 on the extension of the Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications between the European Community and the United States of America

Summary:

Decision (EU) 2022/1089 - adopted by the Council of the European Union on 27 June 2022 - regarding the extension of the Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United States of America (USA), of the other part.

Further information:

The EU-US Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of the Galileo and GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite-based navigation systems and related applications was signed in 2004. It entered into force in 2011, after ratification by the United States, the European Union (EU) and all its Member States. The objective of the Agreement is to provide a framework for cooperation in the promotion, provision and use of civil GPS and Galileo navigation and timing signals and services, value-added services, augmentations, and global navigation and timing goods.

Article 20(5) provides that the Agreement shall remain in force for ten years, thus expiring in December 2021. In June 2021, the United States signalled interest in seeking authority to pursue an extension of the Agreement. The European Commission replied in September 2021 that it would seek authorisation from the Council of the European Union to extend the Agreement. An assessment carried out by the Commission demonstrated the relevance of this framework, leading to mutual benefits. On 14 January 2022, the Commission adopted a draft Council Decision regarding the extension of the Agreement. The Act was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 27 June 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 1 July 2022.

Official

EUR-LEX: COM(2022)9: Proposal for a Council Decision on the extension of the Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications between the European Community and its Member States and the United States of America https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2022:9:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on EU/USA Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications: extension (2022/0005(NLE)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2022/0005(NLE)

European Commission: European GNSS Service Centre https://www.gsc-europa.eu/

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