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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1205 of 19 June 2025 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the procedure for inclusion of additional Member States in the Space Surveillance and Tracking partnership

Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1205 · Decision · 6 articles

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Subject matter

Article 1

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This Decision lays down the procedure for the participation of additional Member States in the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) partnership.

Definitions

Article 2

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For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘SST partnership’ means the partnership of designated constituting national entities created by the SST partnership agreement referred to in Article 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696; (2) ‘participating Member State’ means any Member State that is participating in the SST partnership.

Application

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1. A Member State which is not a participating Member State may apply to participate in the SST partnership by submitting an individual application to the Commission in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 (‘the applicant Member State’). The SST partnership shall grant Member States having declared their interest in joining the SST partnership access to existing agreements and arrangements and, if necessary, any other documents that are accessible to SST partnership members. 2. An applicant Member State shall designate a constituting national entity established on its territory to represent it. The entity shall be a Member State public authority or a body entrusted with the exercise of such public authority. 3. An applicant Member State shall submit an application containing the following: (a) the name and contact details of the constituting national entity designated in accordance with paragraph 2; (b) information on the ownership of, or access to, either adequate SST sensors available for the SST sub-component and human resources to operate them, or adequate operational analysis and data processing capabilities specifically designed for SST and available for the SST sub-component, and an initial security risk assessment of each SST sensor and data processing capability performed and validated by the applicant Member State demonstrating compliance with the criteria set out in Article 57(1), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 as specified by the individual conditions set out in Section 1 of Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1245; (c) where the applicant Member State proposes sensors as part of its application, an architecture study as referred to under collective conditions, as set out in Section 2.2 of Annex III to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1245 analysing the added value of the sensors proposed by the applicant Member State for the SST partnership, prepared by the applicant Member State and the SST partnership. 4. Where an application contains classified information, Council Decision 2013/488/EU ( 3 ) shall apply. An applicant Member State shall not include in an application classified information that exceeds the classification RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED. Applications shall contain an executive summary which is not to include any classified information. 5. Applications shall be submitted in an electronic format at the latest 15 calendar days after the notification of this Decision by 17:00 Brussels time via email to DEFIS-SST@ec.europa.eu . In exceptional circumstances, upon reasoned request by the applicant Member State, the Commission may grant a prolongation of that deadline by a maximum of five calendar days. 6. One set of a hard copy version of each application shall be sent to the following address as soon as possible after the submission of an application in accordance with paragraph 5: European Commission DG for Defence Industry and Space Unit C.1 Secure Connectivity and Space Surveillance BREY 07/080 Avenue d’Auderghem 45 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Compliance assessment

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1. The Commission shall assess the application. 2. During the assessment of the application, the Commission may send questions and comments on the application to the designated constituting national entity of the applicant Member State referred to in Article 3(3), point (a). The applicant Member State shall reply within four weeks and, if appropriate, update its application. 3. The Commission shall assess whether: (a) the applicant Member State has demonstrated compliance with the criteria set out in Article 57(1), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 as specified by the individual conditions set out in Section 1 of Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1245; (b) where the applicant Member State proposes sensors as part of its application, the SST partnership demonstrates, as part of the architecture study, that the sensors proposed by the applicant Member State bring an added value to the SST partnership. 4. The Commission shall notify the applicant Member State, and the constituting national entities designated by the participating Member States, of the outcome of the compliance assessment.

Final acceptance

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1. Once the Commission has found the application to be compliant in accordance with Article 4, the applicant Member State shall send to the Commission the signed copies of the SST Partnership Agreement, Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and Implementing Arrangements with the SST Front Desk. 2. The Commission shall publish on its website an updated list of participating Member States.

Entry into force

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

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