# European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial operations 2011–2013

European Parliament procedure 2009/0070(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee BUDG / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 38 committee amendments tabled by 7 Members between 2009-12-17 and 2010-02-04.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative proposal on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial operations for 2011-2013. Amendments dispute the financial envelope, citing figures of EUR 500 million and EUR 107 million as the prime reference and compatibility with heading 1a of the multiannual financial framework and the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, favour public procurement as the funding instrument and call for ensuring data continuity beyond the initial operations period.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachida DATI | France | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/72775.md |
| Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS | Greece | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96898.md |
| Edit HERCZOG | Hungary | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28155.md |
| Norbert GLANTE | Germany | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1902.md |
| Giles CHICHESTER | United Kingdom | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2097.md |
| Carl HAGLUND | Finland | ALDE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96683.md |
| Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU | Romania | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/36281.md |

## Official source documents

- PE431.026: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-431.026+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE438.449: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.449+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-0070-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-0070-COD.json

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