4.11.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 287/1 (Legislative acts) | DECISIONS DECISION No 1104/2011/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 October 2011 on the rules for access to the public regulated service provided by the global navigation satellite system established under the Galileo programme 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, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: (1) 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 navi- gation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo) (}) provides in the Annex thereto that the specific objectives of the Galileo programme are to ensure that the signals emitted by the system established under that programme can be used in particular to offer a public regulated service (PRS') restricted to government-auth- orised users, for sensitive applications which require effective access control and a high level of service continuity. (20 While relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 also apply to the services, including the PRS, listed in the Annex thereto, considering the inter-linkage () OJ C 54, 19.2.2011, p. 36. (3) Position of the European Parliament of 13 September 2011 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 10 October 2011. () O L 196, 24.7.2008, p. 1. between the system established under the Galileo programme and the PRS from a legal, technical, oper- ational, financial and ownership perspective, it is appro- priate to reproduce the relevant rules on the application of security regulations for the purpose of this Decision. The European Parliament and the Council have recalled on several occasions that the system established under the Galileo programme is a civilian system under civilian control, that is, it was created in accordance with civilian standards based on civilian requirements and under the control of the Union institutions. The Galileo programme is of strategic importance for the independence of the Union in terms of satellite navi- gation, positioning and timing services and offers an important contribution to the implementation of the ‘Europe 2020' strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Of the various services offered by European satellite navi- gation systems, the PRS is both the most secure and the most sensitive and is therefore suitable for services where robustness and complete reliability must be ensured. It must ensure service continuity for its participants, even in the most serious crisis situations. The consequences of infringing the security rules when using this service are not restricted to the user concerned, but could potentially extend to other users. Use and management of the PRS is therefore the joint responsibility of Member States in order to protect the security of the Union and their own security. Consequently, access to the PRS must be strictly limited to certain categories of user which are subject to continuous monitoring. It is therefore necessary to define the rules for access to the PRS and the rules for managing it, in particular by specifying the general principles relating to access, the functions of the various management and supervisory bodies, the conditions relating to receiver manufacturing and security, and the export monitoring system.