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  "legislation_title": "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)",
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  "text": "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:\nDate\nKey decision-making point\nMeasures\n2009-2016\nCreation of ground-based centres\n2009-2014\nCreation of two ground-based control centres (GCCs)\nA control centre is being developed at Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany). Work started in 2009 and will be completed in 2014.\nA control centre is being developed at Fucino (Italy). Work started in 2009 and will be completed in 2014.\n2013-2015\nCreation of the Galileo Security Centre (GSMC)\nThe 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 subject of agreements between France and the United Kingdom to be signed during 2012.\n2011-2016\nDevelopment of a GNSS service centre (GSC)\nThe GNSS service centre is being developed in Madrid (Spain). Work started in 2011 and is expected to be completed in 2016. It is the subject of an agreement signed with Spain on 17 March 2011.\n2012-2014\nDevelopment of a Search and Rescue (SaR) centre\nThe 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.\n2013-2014\nDevelopment of a Galileo performance centre\nThe 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.\n2010\nDevelopment of an in-orbit-testing station\nThe 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.\n2009-2014\nCreation of remote ground-based centres\n2010-2014\nCreation of TTC stations\nTTC stations were set up in 2010 and 2011 in Kiruna (Sweden) and Kourou (France).\nFurther such stations are planned between 2012 and 2014 in Tahiti (French Polynesia), La Réunion (France), and Nouméa (New Caledonia).\nThe setting-up of these TTC stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and service providers.\n2009-2014\nCreation of GSS stations\nGSS 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).\nGSS 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.\nThe setting-up of these GSS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and service providers.\n2009-2011\nCreation of ULS stations\nULS stations are planned between 2009 and 2011 in Tahiti (French Polynesia), Kourou (France), La Réunion (France), New Caledonia and Svalbard (Norway).\nThe setting-up of these ULS stations is the subject of contracts concluded between the European Space Agency and the service providers.\n2012-2013\nCreation of SaR stations\nSaR stations are to be set up in 2012 and 2013 in Svalbard (Norway), Toulouse (France), Makarios (Cyprus) and Maspalomas (Spain).\nThe 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 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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      "type": "amended by",
      "affecting": "eudn/2013/271",
      "affecting_title": "2013/271/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 June 2013 amending the annex to Implementing Decision 2012/117/EU 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"
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