Policy Field

Enterprise, Industrial competitiveness, Space

Target group(s)

Citizens, enterprises and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Anyone who directly or indirectly uses or plans to use GNSS services in the provision of services or production of goods or has a particular interest in GNSS services is strongly encouraged to participate.

Period of consultation

From 22.04.2013 to 14.07.2013. This consultation is now closed

Objective of the consultation

The objective of this public consultation is to obtain input and a broader range of views on the way the European Commission should maximise and ensure the market uptake of GNSS downstream applications and of the European GNSS downstream applications in particular.

How to submit your contribution

You are invited to comment on the questions raised on the consultation document (71 kB) by sending your contribution to the e-mail address corresponding to your type of organisation:

• For public institutions/governments: GROW-GNSS-consultation-pub@ec.europa.eu
• For businesses: GROW-GNSS-consultation-org@ec.europa.eu
• For citizens: GROW-GNSS-consultation-cit@ec.europa.eu

Please submit your response to this public consultation at the latest by 14 July 2013.

It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.

View the consultation document (questionnaire)

• View the consultation document (questionnaire) (71 kB)

Contact details

View the contributions

• Contributions from private individuals (374 kB)
• Contributions from businesses (7 MB)

Results of consultation and next steps

All received contributions will be published on the website of DG Enterprise as well as a summary report with an overview of the received contributions.
Based on the information gathered through the public consultation, the Commission will identify more precisely the issues to address and will draw conclusions as to the set of actions to take to maximize the market uptake of GNSS applications.

Reference documents

• Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the further implementation of the European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo)
• Commission Staff Working Paper Impact Assessment accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on further implementation of the European satellite navigation programmes (2014-2020); SEC(2011)1446 final
• Commission staff working document - Summary of the impact assessment - Accompanying document to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Action Plan on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Applications {COM(2010)308} {SEC(2010)717}
• Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Action Plan on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Applications SEC(2010)716 SEC(2010)717
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council; COM(2011) 451 final
• Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection

• Report – New priority domains and possible actions in the Action Plan on GNSS Applications 2014-2018 (2 MB)
• Presentation - Assessment of the implementation of the Action Plan on GNSS Applications 2010-2013 (377 kB)

• Protection of personal data
• Specific privacy statement (19 kB)