Towards a space strategy for the EU that benefits its citizen

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Please note, the Council of the European Union  adopted today the
conclusions of the document entitled

"Towards a space strategy for the EU that benefits its citizens"

Council Conclusions

3094th COMPETITIVENESS (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)

Council meeting Brussels, 31 May 2011


One of the conclusions adopted is related to the data and information
policy:

11 URGES the Commission to develop the GMES data and information policy
based on full and open access to information produced by GMES services and
data collected through GMES infrastructure, subject to relevant
international agreement, security restrictions and licensing conditions,
including registration and acceptance of users licenses and which maximizes
the use of GMES and build on a well balanced approach between free-of-charge
access to certain public data and services and the need to strengthen Earth
observations markets in Europe and the growth of existing and emerging
European data and data service providing businesses; as well as the
governance of the security of GMES components and information;

The full document is downloadable here:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/intm/122342.pdf

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Tracey P. Lauriault
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