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Official Journal of the European Union
24.2.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 23 February 2012
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
(2012/117/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
reasons of continuity of service (hereinafter referred to as
the ‘Galileo Security Centre’ or ‘GSMC’); the service centre
which acts as the interface between the system, on the
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
one side, and the users of the open service, the
Union,
commercial service and the Safety of Life Service (here
inafter known as the ‘GNSS service centre’ or the ‘GSC’)
on the other; the centre which controls the generation of
the information necessary for the operation of the Search
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European
and Rescue Service and which provides the interface
Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the further
between the system and the COSPAS-SARSAT system
implementation of the European satellite navigation
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘SAR service centre’); the
programmes (EGNOS and Galileo)
( 1 ), and in particular
centre which, on behalf of the programme manager and
Article 12(3) thereof,
independently of the user, evaluates the quality of the
services provided and communicates time and geodetic
references to the user communities (hereinafter referred
Whereas:
to as the ‘Galileo performance centre’); the station which
allows the quality of the signals emitted by satellites in
orbit immediately after their launch to be verified (here
inafter referred to as the ‘in-orbit-testing station’).
(1) The
financial
and
legal
framework
of
the
Galileo
programme was created by Regulation (EC) No
683/2008. Under this Regulation, the European Union
is the owner of all tangible and intangible assets created
(5) The
choice
of
location
for
these
centres
and
stations
or developed under the programmes, and the Galileo
must take into account the possible presence of
system includes a set of satellites and a global network
existing installations and equipment suitable for the
of ground-based stations.
relevant tasks, and must respect the security needs of
each centre and station, technical and budgetary
constraints and the national security requirements of
(2) Integrated
risk
management
for
the
evaluation
of
the
each Member State.
implementation of the Galileo programme calls for the
programme management to make certain key decisions,
i.e. decisions with a major impact on the costs, timetable,
performance and/or risks, at an appropriate time and to
(6) The
four
series
of
‘remote’
stations
comprise:
the
remote
act transparently with regard to key decisions which
control and telemetry stations which, by means of
remain to be taken and the implementation of those
uplinks and downlinks, act as relays between the
decisions. These key decisions include those relating to
satellites and the two control stations (hereinafter
the setting-up of ground-based infrastructure in the
known as ‘TTC stations’); the Galileo survey stations
development and validation phase and in the deployment
which, to allow the provision of services, carry out
phase.
pseudo-distance measuring and collect the signals sent
by the satellites to monitor their quality (hereinafter
referred to as ‘GSS stations’); satellite upload stations,
(3) The
global
network
of
ground-based
stations
as
part
of
which upload to the satellites the data necessary for
the Galileo programme includes six centres and one
the provision of services (hereinafter referred to as ‘ULS
station, on the one hand, and four series of ‘remote’
stations’); stations to collect the data necessary for the
stations on the other.
operation of the Search and Rescue Service (hereinafter
referred to as ‘SaR stations’).
(4) The
six
ground-based
centres
and
the
station
comprise:
two mutually redundant centres to control the general
(7) The
choice
of
location
for
these
remote
stations
must
operation of the system (hereinafter referred to as
take into account geographical and technical limitations
‘control centres’ or ‘GCCs’); the Galileo Security Centre
associated with their optimum distribution around the
mentioned in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No
globe, the possible presence of existing installations and
683/2008, which monitors the security of the system
equipment suitable for the relevant tasks, and must
and the services provided and which is split in two for
respect the security needs of each station and the
national security requirements of each Member State.
( 1 ) OJ L 196, 24.7.2008, p. 1.
As this choice is subject to change depending on

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progress made in the programmes, their needs and the
stations and centres to be set up under the various development
development of political or logistical requirements, the
and deployment phases outlined in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regu
stated number and location of the remote stations still
lation (EC) No 683/2008 are listed in the Annex to this
to be set up can, at this stage, only be indicative.
Decision.
(8) It
is
therefore
important
to
set
key
decision
points
for
the
evaluation of progress made in the setting-up of the
Article 2
Galileo global network of ground-based stations.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up
by Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008,
Done at Brussels, 23 February 2012.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the Commission
The key decision points for evaluation of progress made in the
The President
development of the Galileo global network of ground-based
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
The key decision points for evaluation of progress made in the implementation of the Galileo programme with regard to the development of the stations and centres to be created under the various development
and deployment phases of the programme outlined in Article 3(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008:
Date Key
decision-making
point
Measures
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2009-2016 Creation
of
ground-based
centres
2009-2014 Creation
of
two
ground-based
control
centres
(GCCs) A
control
centre
is
being
developed
at
Oberpfaffenhofen
(Germany).
Work
started
in
2009
and
will be completed in 2014.
A control centre is being developed at Fucino (Italy). Work started in 2009 and will be completed
in 2014.
Off
icial
2013-2015 Creation
of
the
Galileo
Security
Centre
(GSMC)
The two-site Security Centre will be developed in stages in France and in the United Kingdom.
Work is planned to start in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2015. This work will be the
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subject of agreements between France and the United Kingdom to be signed during 2012.
nal
of
2011-2016 Development
of
a
GNSS
service
centre
(GSC)
The GNSS service centre is being developed in Madrid (Spain). Work started in 2011 and is
the
expected to be completed in 2016. It is the subject of an agreement signed with Spain on
17 March 2011.
European
2012-2014 Development
of
a
Search
and
Rescue
(SaR)
centre
The SAR service centre is to be set up in Toulouse (France). Work is planned to start in 2012 and
is expected to be completed in 2014. It will be the subject of an agreement signed with France.
Union
2013-2014 Development
of
a
Galileo
performance
centre
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.
2010 Development
of
an
in-orbit-testing
station
The in-orbit-testing station was set up in 2010 in Redu (Belgium). This is an integral part of the
contract concluded on 25 October 2010 between the Commission and the company Spaceopal
for provision of the ‘Operations’ lot of the Galileo programme’s deployment phase.
2009-2014 Creation
of
remote
ground-based
centres
2010-2014 Creation
of
TTC
stations
TTC stations were set up in 2010 and 2011 in Kiruna (Sweden) and Kourou (France).
Further such stations are planned between 2012 and 2014 in Tahiti (French Polynesia), La
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Réunion (France), and Nouméa (New Caledonia).
The setting-up of these TTC stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European
Space Agency and service providers.

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Date Key
decision-making
point
Measures
2009-2014 Creation
of
GSS
stations GSS
stations
were
set
up
between
2009
and
2011
in
Fucino
(Italy),
Svalbard
(Norway),
Redu
(Belgium), La Réunion (France), Kourou (France), Nouméa (New Caledonia), Troll (Norway) and
Papeete (French Polynesia).
GSS stations are planned between 2012 and 2014 in Kiruna (Sweden), Jan Mayen (Norway), the
Azores (Portugal), the Canaries (Spain), Madeira (Portugal), Kerguelen, Terre Adélie, Saint Pierre et
Miquelon, Wallis, Ascension, Diego Garcia and the Falkland Islands.
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The setting-up of these GSS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European

Space Agency and service providers.
2009-2011 Creation
of
ULS
stations ULS
stations
are
planned
between
2009
and
2011
in
Tahiti
(French
Polynesia),
Kourou
(France),
La Réunion (France), New Caledonia and Svalbard (Norway).
The setting-up of these ULS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European
Space Agency and the service providers.
2012-2013 Creation
of
SaR
stations
SaR stations are to be set up in 2012 and 2013 in Svalbard (Norway), Toulouse (France),
Makarios (Cyprus) and Maspalomas (Spain).
icial
The setting-up of these SaR stations will be the subject of contracts between the European Space
Agency and service providers for the Svalbard and Maspalomas stations, an agreement between
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the Commission and Cyprus for the Makarios station and a contract between the Commission and
a service provider for the Toulouse station.
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the
European
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