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
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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.
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4 Februar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
04
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.
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4 Februar 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 Februar 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 Februar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
03
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 Februar 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 Januar 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 Januar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
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 Januar 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 Januar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
British regulators approved a licensing regime for the use of Ka-band satellite frequencies on ships and planes. The Ofcom decision was restricted to systems using geostationary-operating satellites. According to Ofcom, Satellite operators, satellite services providers and industry organizations agreed that the ruling should be limited to geostationary-orbiting satellites. License modifications for aeronautical and maritime ... Weiterlesen
26 Januar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
Das Europäische Parlament hat am 15.01.2014 den neuen Vergaberechtsrichtlinien mit großer Mehrheit zugestimmt. Damit treten die Richtlinien 20 Tage nach Veröffentlichung im Amtsblatt in Kraft und müssen innerhalb von zwei Jahren in den Mitgliedsstaaten umgesetzt werden. Betroffen sind hierbei die Vergaberechtskoordinierungsrichtlinie 2004/17/EG, die Sektorenkoordinierungsrichtlinie 2004/17/EG und die Verteidigungsvergaberichtlinie 2009/18/EG.
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16 Januar 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Jan2014
Obama signed law that restrains Russia from building Monitor stations in North America. Nearly two years ago Russia pronounced they would improve the accurancy and reliability of its version of the Global Position System by erecting the antenna structures. Critics feared Russia could use this access to spy on the United States. Under ... Weiterlesen
3 Januar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
China’s Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-1, is now in service.
Main use of the high-definition satellite will be the land and resources, environmental protection and agriculture ministries. Gaofen-1 provides China with high-resolution images of the Earth. The satellite has provided data on the Lushan earthquake in Sichuan, floods in northeastern China ... Weiterlesen
2 Januar 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Jan2014
Am 01.01.2014 ist die Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1336/2013 vom 13.12.2013 in Kraft getreten. Die Verordnung ändert die Schwellenwerte der Vergaberechtskoordinierungsrichtlinie, der Sektorenkoordinierungsrichtlinie und der Verteidigungsvergaberichtlinie. Seitdem gelten folgende neue EU-Schwellenwerte:
Öffentliche Liefer- und Dienstleistungsaufträge der obersten oder oberen Bundesbehörden sowie vergleichbarerer Bundeseinrichtungen: 134.000 € (bisher: 130.000 €)Öffentliche Liefer- und Dienstleistungsaufträge: 207.000 ... Weiterlesen
2 Januar 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner