# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/620 of 20 April 2018 on the technical specifications for the Copernicus service component pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division (2): Maritime safety and security services

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The maritime safety and security services shall respond to two main categories of user needs.
(a) Search and rescue. Search and Rescue (S&R) is the search for and provision of lifesaving assistance to people in distress and imminent danger of loss of life. S&R activities shall include remote area operations, rescues at sea, and the need for specialist S&R facilities not normally available to emergency services. A S&R service shall include rapid tasking of satellite resources, deployment of UAVs for wide area monitoring and visualization of the position, and respective search pattern, of S&R assets for better coordination of operations.
(b) Ship safety. The service shall consist of the search for and provision of enhanced maritime traffic picture using EO products. It shall have a global scope, with additional focus on remote areas and specifically in the Polar Regions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/620/annex/VII/part/II/division/4/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-620/annex-VII/part-II/division-4/division-2
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