On 12 March 2014, the European Parliament voted in favour of the amendments to the GSA regulation. Most prominently, the amendment emphasises and strengthens the strict separation between the security accreditation of operations within the GSA (as implemented by the Security Accreditation Board) and to other activities of the Agency ... Weiterlesen
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On February 11th, 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted the legislative package for the modernisation of public procurement in the EU. The European Parliament had already approved the proposed texts on 15 January 2014.
The complete overhaul of the European public procurement legislation aims to simplify and streamline ... Weiterlesen
12 February 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Feb2014
Der Rat der Europäischen Union hat gestern die neuen Vergaberechtsrichtlinien im Rahmen der EU-Vergaberechtsreform verabschiedet. Zuvor hatte das Europäische Parlament dem Richtlinienpaket mit großer Mehrheit am 15.01.2014 zugestimmt. Die Richtlinien 2004/18/EG (Vergaberechtskoordinierungsrichtlinie) und 2004/17/EG (Sektorenkoordinierungsrichtlinie) werden jeweils durch eine neue Richtlinie ersetzt. Neu hinzu kommt eine Richtlinie zur Konzessionsvergabe.
Die deutschen ... Weiterlesen
12 February 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Feb2014
Dr. Roderic Ortner, Partner bei BHO Legal, hat beim Vergabeblog einen zweiteiligen Beitrag zur Eignungsprüfung im Vergabeverfahren veröffentlicht. Neben Grundlagen der Eignung (Teil 1) stellt Dr. Ortner im zweiten Teil die Nachforderung von Nachweisen, den Umgang mit schlechter Erfahrung mit Bietern und die Abgrenzung zwischen Eignungs- und Zuschlagskriterien dar.
Teil 1 des Beitrags finden Sie hier.
Teil ... Weiterlesen
11 February 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Feb2014
A Commission report published on 6th February emphasises the importance of the relations with ESA for the implementation of the EU flagship space programmes, Galileo and Copernicus. The report also acknowledges ESA’s key role in them as the agency responsible for research and technological development and the evolution of the ... Weiterlesen
7 February 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Feb2014
The European Commission has published reference documents for the new EU- Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. The database includes legal documents, work programmes, model grant agreements and other guidelines.
BHO Legal has various and longtime experience in supporting national and European R&D projects and would be glad to legally assist your Horizon 2020 project. Our expertise includes support in the tender ... Weiterlesen
4 February 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Feb2014
Die Europäische Kommission hat die Antragsunterlagen für Horizont 2020, dem aktuellsten Rahmenprogramm der Europäischen Union für Forschung und Innovation, veröffentlicht. Unter https://www.horizont2020.de/ erhalten Sie weitere Informationen des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung zu Horizont 2020.
BHO Legal verfügt über langjährige und vielfältige Erfahrung in der Beratung für Projekte in EU-Forschungsrahmenprogrammen und unterstützt Sie gerne auch im ... Weiterlesen
4 February 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
04
Feb2014
The EU has yesterday published its first Anti-Corruption Report. The Report consists of a General Chapter on the main findings and general corruption-related trends in the EU, and 28 Country Chapters for specific findings in each Member State. Moreover, two Eurobarometer surveys reveal the perception of corruption issues by Member ... Weiterlesen
4 February 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Feb2014
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) invites European industries and European Union (EU) Member State Competent Public Regulated Service (PRS) Authorities to share their views and ideas in support of the adoption of the PRS. Particularly, industries with capabilities to support the development of Galileo PRS user segment technologies (e.g. receivers, ... Weiterlesen
3 February 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Feb2014
The two commercial satellite fleet operators, SES and Eutelsat, on January 30 said their long-running dispute about rights to 500 megahertz of spectrum over the heart of Europe had been definitively concluded with an SES victory but a less-than-expected cost to Eutelsat.
SES will continue to have rights to the ... Weiterlesen
3 February 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
The European Commission is pressuring France and Britain to surrender patents they have secured relating to the Galileo satellite navigation System. The commission wants to avoid a chilling effect on Galileo receiver builders now worried about having to pay royalty or licensing fees. The French and British governments hold patents, which, ... Weiterlesen
31 January 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
The European Commission's effort to set common European regulations on the sale of high-resolution satellite imagery outside Europe has been blocked by the British government.
The goal was to create common rules on which a country would be able to receive high-resolution imagery and under what general conditions.
The British government ... Weiterlesen
31 January 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) and the French Ministry of Defense have signed an accord that will facilitate the sharing of space situational awareness (SSA) data between the two countries.
The accord will enable Stratcom to provide data from the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, directly to ... Weiterlesen
29 January 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
At his annual press conference in Paris on January 17, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain was collected and positive, when he laid out plans of ESA. Dordain made no excuses for ESA's failure to proceed with scheduled Galileo satellite launches last year. He anyway was firm in announcing ESA's new ... Weiterlesen
27 January 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann