# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/621 of 20 April 2018 on the technical specifications for the Copernicus space component pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.7: Monitoring and Evaluation

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

Implementation of the CSC activities shall be monitored by the Commission. Both ESA and EUMETSAT shall report on the progress of the implementation of the activities entrusted to them on a quarterly basis. The Commission shall process the reports and shall request clarifications in case needed. The quarterly reports shall contain, amongst others, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which shall be used to monitor the implementation of the Copernicus Space Component. KPIs shall include:
(a) number of Sentinel Missions and number of flying Sentinel units;
(b) number of missions having reached full operational capacity (2 units flying simultaneously in the case of Sentinel1, -2, and -3);
(c) number of recurrent units under development;
(d) availability of Sentinel units and instruments;
(e) volume of data distributed to users;
(f) number of users;
(g) end-to-end availability and continuity of the Sentinel Data Access Service;
(h) end-to-end availability of Contributing Mission Data Access Service;
(i) data Access volume from Copernicus Contributing Missions;
(j) licenses signed regarding Copernicus Contributing Missions;
(k) timeliness of Data delivery;
(l) user support and help desk performance.
KPIs shall be reported by both EUMETSAT and ESA in accordance with their entrusted activities.
Apart from the operational monitoring of the performance of the Space Component, the achievement of the objectives of all the tasks financed by Copernicus at the level of their results and impacts, their European added value and on the efficiency of the use of resources shall be evaluated. This evaluation shall be conducted in close cooperation with the Copernicus operators (ESA and EUMETSAT for the Space Component) and the Copernicus users.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/621/annex/division/2/division/2.7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-621/annex/division-2/division-2.7
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