Annexes to SEC(2010)716 - Summary of the impact assessment - Accompanying document to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Action Plan on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Applications

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

dossier SEC(2010)716 - Summary of the impact assessment - Accompanying document to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the ...
document SEC(2010)716 EN
date June 14, 2010
agreements, the monitoring of international competitions such as the Galileo Masters, and the support to several information centres in Asia, Latin America, and the Mediterranean countries.

A macro-econometric model will be available by the end of 2010, to measure several aspects of the impact resulting from the adoption of GNSS applications. It will be used to track the effect of this EC policy. A scoreboard will allow for assessing progress in implementation the Action Plan, which will be broadly shared with stakeholders, and reporting will be provided to the Council of the European Union and to the European Parliament.

1Council Regulation No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation programmes and Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the further implementation of the European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and GALILEO)

2The share that Europe is capable to achieve in other sectors of high-technology is in the order of one third of the global market. In telecommunication for instance, it reaches 38% (Source: ISTAG Report to the EC: "Shaping Europe's Future through ICT", 2006). Such a target is indeed coherent with the Lisbon objective for the EU to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world.

3Len Jacobson, based on several sources (2007)

4Some examples: Navteq 2009 research proved that car navigators increase fuel efficiency by 12%; EGNOS enabled landings reduces fuel burning and noises over inhabited areas, rail track network can be optimised

EN EN