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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-541/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/541",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Framework for Space Surveillance and Tracking Support",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-541",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Participation of Member States",
  "text": "1. A Member State wishing to participate in the implementation of the actions referred to in Article 4 shall submit an application to the Commission demonstrating compliance with the following criteria:\n(a) ownership of or access to:\n(i) adequate SST sensors available or under development and technical and human resources to operate them, or\n(ii) adequate operational analysis and data processing capacities specifically designated for SST;\n(b) establishment of an action plan for the implementation of the actions set out in Article 4 including the modalities of cooperation with other Member States.\n2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts regarding procedures for submission of applications and compliance of the Member States with the criteria set out in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(2).\n3. All Member States which comply with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall designate a national entity to represent them. The designated national entities shall constitute a consortium and shall conclude the agreement referred to in Article 10.\n4. The Commission shall publish and update on its website the list of participating Member States.\n5. Responsibility for the operation of sensors, the processing of data and the implementation of data policy shall lie with the participating Member States. The assets of participating Member States shall remain fully under national control.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/541/article/7",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}