L 58/1540
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
23.2.2023
PREPARATORY ACTIONS
CHAPTER PA 02 — EUROPEAN STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS (cont'd) PA 02 22
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PA 02 22 02
(cont'd) — identification of the possible actions at national, regional and local level to boost business development, and support SMEs/start-ups to deliver EU Space based solutions to realize the future Union autonomous vessels capability for inland waterways; — prototyping of onboard equipment that uses Galileo differentiators to address the main needs not covered so far by existing equipment, with focus on the use of Galileo authentication to prevent spoofing or use of fake signals, preventing accidents.
Equipment prototypes developed within this pilot project should be based, when available, on existing commercial off-the-shelf components; — design of a safety case with Copernicus images to define the waterways to be tested; — analysis of how much information is needed to be transmitted to have updated inland electronic navigational charts and the minimum speed of communication to guarantee a safe operation, including whether the vessel needs to download the information of the fairway in the port or can do while navigating; — implementation of several demonstrations along selected inland waterways where it is expected that in the future autonomous vessels will coexist with manually piloted vessels.
The aim is to demonstrate feasibility and added value in line with the Commission guidelines on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).
The vessels in the demonstration shall be equipped at least with: — High-end GNSS receivers that include Galileo authentication and EGNOS. — High-bandwidth communication means to: — download the information from Copernicus related to the fairway; — download the information of the hull contour of all the vessels navigating in the same inland waterway; — send to the monitoring centre all the sensors information; — receive from the monitoring centre control inputs in case that there is the need to remotely operate the vessel. — Contribution to draft a new standard for minimum requirements for EU Space Data to guarantee safe autonomous vessel navigation in inland waterways in support of future regulatory initiatives.
CHAPTER PA 03 — SINGLE MARKET
Remarks The appropriations under this chapter are intended to finance the implementation of preparatory actions in the field of application of the TFEU and the Euratom Treaty, designed to prepare proposals with a view to the adoption of future actions.
Their total corresponds to the level of appropriations shown under Article 03 20 02.