Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 (repealed)Show full title

Article 2 Tasks

1. The Authority shall carry out the following tasks:

(a) It shall be the licensing authority vis-à-vis the private concession holder responsible for implementing and managing the Galileo deployment and operating phases (hereinafter referred to as the concession holder); in this context, it shall conclude with the latter the concession contract; it shall ensure that the concession holder complies with the concession contract and the specifications annexed thereto and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuity of services in case of default of the concession holder; it shall grant the concession holder the right to use the tangible and intangible assets referred to in Article 3(1) for the duration of the concession.

(b) It shall manage the funds specifically allocated to it for the European GNSS programmes and monitor the overall financial management in order to advise on the public sector contributions.

(c) It shall be entrusted with the responsibility — inherited from the Galileo Joint Undertaking — of managing the agreement with the economic operator charged with operating EGNOS and of presenting a framework on the future policy options concerning EGNOS, with due regard to the opinion of those parties who contributed to the funding of the development and deployment phases of EGNOS.

(d) It shall coordinate Member States' actions in respect of the frequencies necessary to ensure the operation of the system; it shall hold the right to use all these frequencies wherever the system is located; it shall deal directly with the concession holder on matters relating to the use of these frequencies.

(e) In order to assist the Commission in preparing proposals for the European GNSS programmes to be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council and in adopting the implementing rules, it shall prepare drafts thereof.

(f) It shall be responsible for the modernisation and development of new generations of the system.

(g) It may accomplish such budgetary implementation tasks as are entrusted to it by the Commission and that are linked to the European GNSS programmes in accordance with Article 54(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(1).

(h) It shall ensure that the components of the system are duly certified; it shall empower the appropriate authorised certification bodies for issuing the relevant certificates and monitoring the respect of related standards and technical specifications.

(i) It shall enforce and verify compliance by the concession holder with instructions issued pursuant to Joint Action 2004/552/CFSP.

(j) Without prejudice to Article 22, it shall manage all aspects relating to the system's safety and security. In particular, it shall:

(i)

approve the security annexes of industrial contracts;

(ii)

define the security specifications of the system and its components, and the standards of security for information techniques;

(iii)

define the cryptography which requires governmental approval;

(iv)

ensure that the European GNSS signals/services are controlled in compliance with security criteria, as specified in (i) and (ii);

(v)

be the European GNSS security accreditation authority, initiate and monitor the implementation of security procedures and perform system security audits;

(vi)

regarding the Public Regulated Service (PRS):

• define the specifications and instructions for manufacturing PRS receivers, in accordance with the policy of access to PRS defined by the Council,

• provide guidelines for the implementation of PRS management rules in the Member States;

(vii)

enforce and verify compliance by the concession holder with international rules and agreements (Wassenaar, Missile Technology Control Regime, international agreements, …);

(viii)

implement the relevant provisions for the exchange, handling and storage of classified information;

(ix)

develop coordination and consultation procedures on security-related matters with the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (SG/HR);

(x)

identify and inform the Council of possible measures that could be taken by the Council in the event of a threat to the security of the European Union or of a Member State arising from the operation or use of the system, or in the event of a threat to the operation of the system, in particular as the result of an international crisis;

(xi)

give advice to the Council when invited to do so under Joint Action 2004/552/CFSP;

(xii)

give advice on security policy issues in international agreements related to the European GNSS programmes.

2. The ESA shall be requested to provide the Authority with technical and scientific support.

(1)

OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.