Commission Implementing Decision of 6 June 2013 amending the annex to Implementing Decision 2012/117/EU establishing a list of key decision points to evaluate the implementation of the Galileo programme with regard to the ground-based centres and stations to be created as part of the programme development and deployment (2013/271/EU)

Article 1 U.K.

The Annex to Implementing Decision 2012/117/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

in the row relating to the creation of the Galileo security centre (GSMC), in the ‘Measures’ column, the words ‘of protocols of agreement’ appearing in the French version are replaced by the words ‘of agreements’ and the year ‘2012’ is replaced by the year ‘2013’;

(2)

in the row relating to the development of a GNSS service centre (GSC), in the ‘Measures’ column, the sentence ‘It is the subject of an agreement signed with Spain on 17 March 2011’ is replaced with the sentence ‘It is the subject of a memorandum of understanding signed with Spain on 17 March 2011 and is expected to be the subject of an agreement with Spain to be signed during 2013’;

(3)

in the row relating to the development of an SAR service centre, in the ‘Measures’ column the words ‘of a protocol of agreement’ appearing in the French version are replaced by the words ‘of an agreement’;

(4)

the row relating to the development of a Galileo performance centre is amended as follows:

(a)

in the ‘Date’ column, the years ‘2013-2014’ are replaced by the years ‘2013-2016’;

(b)

in the ‘Key decision-making point’ column, the words ‘Development of a Galileo performance centre’ are replaced by the words ‘Development of a Galileo reference centre’;

(c)

in the ‘Measures’ column, the sentences ‘The Galileo performance centre should be developed in stages in a Member State and at a location to be determined. Work is planned to start in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2014. It will be the subject of an agreement signed with the Member State concerned.’ are replaced with the sentences ‘The Galileo reference centre should be developed in stages on the ESTEC site (the Netherlands). Work is planned to start in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2016. It will be the subject of an agreement with the Netherlands.’;

(5)

In the row relating to the creation of GSS stations, in the ‘Measures’ column, second paragraph, the words ‘Tokyo (Japan),’ are inserted between ‘Madeira (Portugal),’ and ‘Kerguelen’.