Reservation of access
Article 17
1. Where the requests for access exceed the capacity of the GMES dissemination platforms, access to GMES resources may be reserved to any of the following users: (a) the public services, industry, research organisations and citizens in the Union; (b) the public services, industry, research organisations and citizens in third countries contributing to the operations of GMES; (c) international organisations contributing to the operations of GMES. 2. The users for whom access is reserved in accordance with paragraph 1 shall register in order to gain access, providing their identity, contact information, area of activity and country of establishment.