Article 1

The key decision points for evaluation of progress made in the development of the Galileo global network of ground-based stations and centres to be set up under the various development and deployment phases outlined in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 are listed in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso