European Parliament resolution on the European Space Agency
Date: 2003-05-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU policy, EU programme, European Space Agency, cooperation policy, space policy

17.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 67 E/279

Thursday 15 May 2003

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 48

Annex XVII, point 11a (new)

11a.
The Member State shall ensure that farmers, the
rural populace and the population in general are kept
informed. Direct and straightforward contact shall be pro-
vided for the inhabitants of affected areas (inter alia via hel-
plines), as well as information through the national and
regional media.

P5_TA(2003)0216

Ecopoint system for Croatian traffic in transit through Austria *

Proposal for a decision on the conclusion in the form of an exhange of letters of an agreement
between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on the ecopoint system applicable
to Croatian transit through Austria (COM(2003) 121 — C5-0215/2003 — 2003/0051(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

P5_TA(2003)0217

Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency

European Parliament resolution on the European Space Agency

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2002 on the Commission communication to the Council

and the European Parliament on Europe and Space: Turning to a new Chapter (1),

— having regard to its resolutions on GALILEO,

— having regard to the Commission's Green Paper on European space policy (COM(2003) 17),

— whereas the meeting of the ESA Ministerial Council on 27 May 2003 is expected to reach decisions of

major importance for the space industry,

(1) OJ C 271 E, 7.11.2002, p. 398.

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A. having regard to the unprecedented crisis in the EU's space industry, arising variously from increased
international demand for launchers, stagnation in commercial launching requirements and the struc-
tural weakness of the European institutional market,

B. having regard to the pressing need to overcome the technical problems relating to the new Ariane 5G

as soon as possible, so as to ensure that all the orders on Arianespace's books are honoured,

C. having regard to the direct and indirect public aid made available to the launchers competing with

Ariane,

D.

recalling and reaffirming the attachment of the European public to the continuation and development
of the skills and knowledge acquired over more than 40 years in the field of space technology and
their multiple knock-on effects in daily life,

Reiterates the need to ensure that the EU has independent access to space via the mastery and

1.
development of the appropriate technologies;

2.
Calls on the Member States which are members of the European Space Agency to wake up to the
crisis affecting the EU's space industry and the urgent need to find the necessary solutions with a view to
the consolidation and reorganisation of the Union's space sector as a whole;

3.
Urges the Member States concerned to overcome their differences and put the common interest first,
in order to ensure that a final decision is reached, in transparent conditions, on the financing and manage-
ment of the GALILEO programme, enabling it to be rapidly implemented in tandem with the relaunch of
the European launcher Ariane 5G;

4.
Calls on the Commission, should no agreement be reached at the ESA's ministerial meeting on 27
May 2003, to take the initiative and propose, if necessary, the creation of a joint enterprise on a unilateral
basis, so as to ensure that the GALILEO programme takes off;

5. Welcomes the presence of the European space objective in the present text of Article 3 of the draft
constitutional treaty drawn up by the European Convention, and believes that the European space policy
should be included among the competences shared by the Union and the Member States;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Space

6.
Agency and the governments of the Member States.

P5_TA(2003)0218

Search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of
Turkey

European Parliament resolution on the search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human
Rights Association of Turkey

The European Parliament,

— having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights in Turkey,

— having regard to the EU Treaty and its provisions on human rights,