Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/911 of 16 May 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/413 as regards the location of the ground-based infrastructure of the system established under the Galileo programme

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/911
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/413 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/413 is amended as follows:

1.

In the section titled ‘Ground-based centres’, the rows relating to Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC), GNSS Service Centre (GSC), Search and Rescue (SAR) Service Centre, the Galileo Reference Centre (GRC) and the ILS Centre are replaced with the following:

‘Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC)

The Galileo security monitoring center, split into two locations, was deployed in France and Spain. Work to set up the site in France ended in 2017 and is the subject of an agreement signed in 2013 with France. Work to set up the site in Spain ended in 2019 (early configuration) and is the subject of an agreement signed in 2019 with Spain.

GNSS Service Centre (GSC)

The GNSS Service Centre is being deployed in stages in Madrid (Spain) and its back-up site in Toulouse (France). They shall be subject of two hosting agreements to be signed with Spain and France respectively.

SAR Service Centre

The Search and Rescue (SAR) Service Centre was set up in Toulouse (France) between 2012 and 2014 and its back-up is being deployed in Madrid (Spain). They shall be subject of two hosting agreements to be signed with France and Spain respectively.

Galileo Reference Centre (GRC)

The Galileo Reference Centre was set up in Noordwijk (the Netherlands). Work started in 2015 and ended in 2017. It is the subject of an agreement signed with the Netherlands in 2016.

ILS Centre

The Integrated Logistics Support Centre (centre ILS) was set up in Transinne (Belgium) in 2017 and is the subject of an agreement signed in 2018 with Belgium.’

2.

The section titled ‘Remote ground-based stations’ is amended as follows:

a)

the rows relating to TTC stations and GSS stations are replaced with the following:

‘TTC stations

TTC stations were set up between 2010 and 2017 in Kiruna (Sweden), Kourou (France), Réunion (France), Nouméa (New Caledonia) and Papeete (French Polynesia). A TTC station is to be set up in Fucino (Italy) and in Redu (Belgium) in 2025.

GSS stations

GSS stations were created between 2009 and 2020 in the Azores (Portugal), Fucino (Italy), Jan Mayen (Norway), Kerguelen, Kiruna (Sweden), Kourou (France), Réunion (France), Nouméa (New Caledonia), Papeete (French Polynesia), Redu (Belgium), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Svalbard (Norway), Troll (Norway), Wallis (Wallis and Futuna). A GSS station is to be set up in Bonaire (the Netherlands) in 2025.’

b)

the row relating to SAR stations is replaced with the following:

‘SAR stations

‘Meolut’ SAR stations were created in 2012 and 2013 in Makarios (Cyprus), Maspalomas (Spain) and Svalbard (Norway) as well as in 2021 in Réunion (France). SAR stations with a SAR reference beacon were created in Makarios (Cyprus), Maspalomas (Spain), Santa Maria (Portugal), Toulouse (France), Svalbard (Norway), and Greenland (Denmark).’