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Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/698 of 30 April 2021 on the security of systems and services deployed, operated and used under the Union Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme which may affect the security of the Union, and repealing Decision 2014/496/CFSP
Consolidated text: Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/698 of 30 April 2021 on the security of systems and services deployed, operated and used under the Union Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme which may affect the security of the Union, and repealing Decision 2014/496/CFSP
Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/698 of 30 April 2021 on the security of systems and services deployed, operated and used under the Union Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme which may affect the security of the Union, and repealing Decision 2014/496/CFSP
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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/698
of 30 April 2021
on the security of systems and services deployed, operated and used under the Union Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme which may affect the security of the Union, and repealing Decision 2014/496/CFSP
Article 1
This Decision sets out the responsibilities to be exercised by the Council and the High Representative:
to avert a threat to the security of the Union or of one or more of its Member States or to mitigate serious harm to the essential interests of the Union or of one or more of its Member States arising from the deployment, operation or use of the systems set up and services provided under the components of the Union Space Programme or the Union Secure Connectivity Programme (the ‘Programmes’); or
in the event of a threat to the operation of any of those systems or the provision of those services.
Article 2
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Article 6
Article 7
The Council shall review and, as necessary, amend the rules and procedures set out in this Decision no later than three years from the date of its entry into force, or at the request of a Member State.
Article 8
The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of this Decision in their respective area of responsibility, in accordance with, inter alia, Article 34(6)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696. For that purpose, the Member States shall designate one or more points of contact to assist in the operational management of a threat. Those points of contact may be natural or legal persons.
Article 9
Decision 2014/496/CFSP is hereby repealed.
The operational procedures developed under Decision 2014/496/CFSP as regards the Galileo system shall remain applicable until they are updated under this Decision.
Article 10
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.