# Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 12: Commission's role

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

1. The Commission shall have overall responsibility for the Galileo and EGNOS programmes. It shall manage the funds allocated under this Regulation and oversee the implementation of all programme activities, in particular with respect to their cost, schedule and performance.
2. In addition to the overall responsibility referred to in paragraph 1 and the specific tasks referred to in this Regulation, the Commission shall:
(a) ensure a clear division of tasks between the various entities involved in the Galileo and EGNOS programmes and to this end it shall allocate the tasks referred to in Article 14(2) and Article 15 respectively, in particular by means of delegation agreements, to the European GNSS Agency and ESA;
(b) ensure the timely implementation of the Galileo and EGNOS programmes within the resources allocated to the programmes and in accordance with the objectives laid down in Article 2.
To that end, it shall establish and implement the appropriate instruments and structural measures necessary to identify, control, mitigate and monitor the risks associated with the programmes;
(c) manage, on behalf of the Union and within its field of competence, relationships with third countries and international organisations;
(d) provide to the Member States and the European Parliament, in a timely manner, all relevant information pertaining to the Galileo and EGNOS programmes, in particular in terms of risk management, overall cost, annual operating costs of each significant item of Galileo infrastructure, revenues, schedule and performance, as well as an overview of the implementation of the project management systems and techniques referred to in point (e) of Article 11;
(e) assess the possibilities for promoting and ensuring the use of the European satellite navigation systems across the various sectors of the economy, including by analysing how to take advantage of the benefits generated by the systems.
3. For the smooth progress of the deployment and exploitation phases of the Galileo programme and the exploitation phase of the EGNOS programme referred to respectively in Articles 3 and 4, the Commission shall lay down, where necessary, the measures, required to:
(a) manage and reduce the risks inherent in the progress of the Galileo and EGNOS programmes;
(b) define the key decision stages to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programmes;
(c) determine the location of the ground-based infrastructure of the systems in accordance with security requirements, following an open and transparent process and ensure its operation;
(d) determine the technical and operational specifications necessary to fulfil the functions referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 2(4) and to implement systems evolutions.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 36(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1285/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1285/article-12
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