Technical responses linked to the Union Space Programme and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme
Article 6
1. In the event of a space threat arising from or linked to the deployment, operation or use of the systems set up and services provided under the components of the Union Space Programme or of the Union Secure Connectivity Programme, the High Representative may propose a technical measure through an instruction to the Agency or the relevant appointed security monitoring structure. 2. The Agency or the relevant appointed security monitoring structure and the Commission shall provide advice to the High Representative on the likely wider impact on the systems set up and services provided under the Union Space Programme and its components and the Union Secure Connectivity Programme of any instructions which the High Representative intends to propose to the Council pursuant to paragraph 1. 3. The High Representative shall invite Member States to provide advice, through the STRA network, on the likely effects of the technical measures that the High Representative intends to propose on Member States’ governmental users. 4. Where appropriate, as part of the technical measure referred to in paragraph 1, relevant information shall be provided to users who may be impacted.