Article 30 Technical assistance

In order to carry out the technical tasks referred to in Article 12(2), the Commission may have recourse to the necessary technical assistance, in particular to the capacity and expertise of the national agencies competent in the space sector, or the assistance of independent experts and bodies capable of providing impartial analyses and opinions on the progress of the Galileo and EGNOS programmes.

The entities involved in the public governance of the programmes, other than the Commission, in particular, the European GNSS Agency and ESA, may also receive the same technical assistance in performing the tasks entrusted to them under this Regulation.