20.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 347/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1285/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 2013 on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 172 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, private actors in Europe and worldwide. The system established under the Galileo programme functions inde- pendently of other existing or potential systems, thus contributing amongst other things to the strategic autonomy of the Union, as emphasised by the European Parliament and the Council. (3)  The aim of the EGNOS programme is to improve the quality of open signals from existing global navigation satellite systems ('GNSS') as well as those from the open After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national service offered by the system established under the parliaments, Galileo programme, when they become available. The services provided by the EGNOS programme should cover, as a priority, the Member States’ territories Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and geographically located in Europe, including fo.1r this Social Committee (1), purpose the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira. After consulting the Committee of the Regions, (4)  The European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions have consistently given their full support to Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, the Galileo and EGNOS programmes. Whereas: (5)  Since the Galileo and EGNOS programmes are at an advanced development stage leading to systems in an ) ) o o exploitation phase, a specific legal instrument is (1)  The aim of the.European satellite .naV1gat.10n.p011cy is to required to meet their needs, particularly in terms of provide the Union with two satelhte. navigation systems, governance and security, to satisfy the requirement for the system established under the Galileo programme apd sound financial management and to promote the use of the EGNOS system (‘the systems'). These systems arise the systems. respectively from the Galileo and EGNOS programmes. Each infrastructure consists of satellites and a network of ground stations. (6)  The systems are infrastructures set up as trans-European The aim of the Galileo programme is to establish and operate the first global satellite navigation and posi- tioning infrastructure specifically designed for civilian purposes, which can be used by a variety of public and () O] C 181, 21.6.2012, p. 179. networks of which the use extends well beyond the national boundaries of the Member States. Furthermore, the services offered through these systems contribute to a wide range of economic and social activities, including the development of trans-European networks in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy infrastruc- tures.