Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1054 of 30 May 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the service portfolio for the Governmental Satellite Communications services offered by the system established under the Union Space Programme

For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions in Article 2 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1055 apply.

1 The GOVSATCOM service portfolio shall consist of the following categories of communication services: (a) end-to-end services, allowing the user to connect to a network capable to provide services; (b) anchored capacity services, allowing the user to use satellite capacity and associated anchoring station facility; (c) raw capacity services, allowing the user to use satellite capacity (bandwidth).

2 The services referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with the primary and secondary attributes of the communication services categories are set out in Annex I.

3 User equipment may be provided by a resource provider to the user as part of its service.

4 The services referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (c) shall be provided through the GOVSATCOM hub infrastructure in its initial services operational configuration.

1 GOVSATCOM service profiles shall be determined on the basis of the values of their primary attributes set out in Annex II (‘predefined service profiles’).

2 Users shall be able to issue requests of a predefined service profile, where the user is able to browse the predefined service profiles which contain the information provided by the respective resource provider. Users shall also be able to issue requests of a user determined profile, with specified service attributes’ values which have been previously defined by the user. The user-determined profile shall be used to issue service request to the GOVSATCOM Hub for matching predefined service profiles. Users shall also be able to issue requests of a service with attributes’ values selected by the user, where the attributes’ values are used to issue service request to the GOVSATCOM hub for matching predefined service profiles.

3 The GOVSATCOM hub shall respond to users’ requests by presenting the available services which match the requests. For the available services, the user shall be informed about their primary and secondary attributes as well as any additional information and details specific to the service. Users shall be able to select from the available services which match their request.

4 Following the selection of a service by the users, and according to the rules laid down in Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1055, the GOVSATCOM hub shall proceed to the allocation of the resources for the provision of the service and inform the user when the service is booked and activated.

5 Following the activation of the service the respective users shall be able to access it either with their user equipment when compatible with the service, or with user equipment provided by the resource provider through GOVSATCOM.

1 The competent GOVSATCOM authorities (CGAs) established in accordance with Article 68(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 shall have access to the service portfolio and to the services selection process.

2 In the framework of the services selection process a CGA shall: (a) receive, prioritise, anonymise as needed, and forward its users’ service requests to the GOVSATCOM hub; (b) receive the results of the requests from the GOVSATCOM Hub and forward them to the users; (c) receive, anonymise as needed, and forward its users’ service selection to the GOVSATCOM hub.

3 With regard to the anonymisation referred to in paragraph 2, the CGA, during the provision of a service to the users shall act as a proxy to any communication of the user with the GOVSATCOM hub, thereby anonymising the identity of the user. Appropriate classified channels shall be used for communication, as needed. The CGA may select not to anonymise a user. In this case user identity shall be made available from the GOVSATCOM hub to the resource provider to support the selection, establishment, management, maintenance and troubleshooting of the service provided to the user. Furthermore, the resource provider may request the de-anonymisation of a user. In this case, the GOVSATCOM hub shall forward this request to the relevant CGA for assessment.

4 The GOVSATCOM hub shall provide to the CGAs the information needed for the selection, the booking, the establishment and the provision of the services.

1 The prioritisation of the provision of services shall be performed in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1055.

2 Users shall have access to the services of the service portfolio on the basis of their security level, as set out in Commission Implementing Decision C(2023)3204 of 30 May 2023 .

1 Pooled satellite communication capacities and services shall be made available through the service portfolio with their attributes’ values.

2 The availability of services in the portfolio shall be subject to the supply and demand of pooled and shared satellite capacities and services procured from entities as referred to in Article 64 of Regulation (EU) 2021/696.

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