Traduction de «law on space activities » (Anglais → Français) :

It states the principles to use outer space for peaceful purposes, the responsibility of subscribing States to take all appropriate measures and cooperate in good faith to prevent harmful interference in outer space activities, as well as their responsability to conduct scientific, civil, commercial and military activities to promote the peaceful exploration and use of outer space and to take all appropriate measures to prevent outer space from becoming an arena of conflict.

10. Notes that any increase in the use of space assets by the military must not reduce and limit civilian use and possible future civilian applications; calls on the Member States and the VP/HR to initiate a review of the outdated 1967 Outer Space Treaty or to initiate a new regulatory framework which takes into account technological progress since the 1960s; underlines also the urgent need to reduce the risk of collision due to the growing number of satellites and space debris; welcomes the initiative of the Commission to propose the organisational framework for the establishment and operation of a European space surveillance and tra ...[+++]cking system (SST); welcomes equally the EU-sponsored multilateral initiative towards an International Code of Conduct for Space Activities as a way of introducing norms of behaviour in space as it seeks to achieve enhanced safety, security, and sustainability in space by emphasising that space activities should involve a high degree of care, due diligence, and appropriate transparency, with the aim of building confidence among space sector actors worldwide; believes that any new framework must take into account the views of all Member States and be strategically devised, looking at the long-term future of the industry, effectively preventing an arms race in outer space and ensuring the prohibition of harmful interference with space objects;

To play a significant role in such international space activities in the next decades, both a common European space policy and European level space research and innovation activities are indispensable.

9. Supports the efforts in the UN to establish rules to govern activities in outer space and further develop the codification of international space law; welcomes, in this respect, the adoption of the EU Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities, which also takes account of the need for debris reduction and remains open for signing by all non-EU countries; reiterates its call that the Code of Conduct be transformed into a legally binding instrument;

Finally, there must be four priorities that have also been cited by Mr Pribetich: the first concerns space and climate change, inasmuch as the contribution of space applications is unique in this sphere. The second is the contribution of space activities to the Lisbon strategy. The third covers space and security with respect to having monitoring and surveillance of European space infrastructures and space debris at European level. Finally, the fourth priority remains space exploration, this is a political and planetary policy and Eur ...[+++]ope should act within the framework of a worldwide programme.

17. Considers that the Convention's approach regarding a European Armaments, Research and Military Capabilities Agency, which would be open to all Member States in accordance with the structured cooperation method, could help to bring about the industrial and technological organisation of space in cooperation with the ESA and in accordance with the principle of non-duplication of responsibilities and organisational structures; emphasises the dual nature of space activities ...[+++] and the need to take advantage of synergies between civil and military activities so as to reduce research costs and improve the competitiveness of commercial launches; favours development of the activities of the new agency while bearing in mind the United Nations General Assembly resolution on prevention of an arms race in outer space;