Subject matter
Article 1
1. This Decision establishes the European Union Space Threat Response Architecture (STRA) as a mechanism to respond to space threats. This Decision sets out the responsibilities to be performed by the Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) with regard to space threats. 2. For the purpose of this Decision, ‘space threat’ means: (a) a threat to the security of the Union or of one or more of its Member States, arising from the deployment, operation or use of any space system; or (b) a threat to the operation of any space system or to the provision of any space service, the denial or interruption of which would harm the fundamental interests of the Union or of one or more of its Member States. 3. STRA may be used to respond to: (a) a threat to the security of an individual Member State or of a group of Member States, including to the territory, to space systems and services or to other relevant capacities under the authority or control of a Member State or a group of Member States; or (b) a threat arising from the deployment, operation or use of the system set up and services provided under the components of the Union Space Programme or of the Union Secure Connectivity Programme, or a threat to the operation of any of those systems or to the provision of those services.