Translation of "Module de service " (French → English) :

The reaction of the safety instrumented system shall, at the discretion of the technical service, be checked under the influence of a failure in any individual unit by applying corresponding output signals to electrical units or mechanical elements in order to simulate the effects of internal faults within the unit.

3. When a Member State decides to apply an incentive scheme, including night-time modulations, in respect of users of air navigation services, it shall, following the consultation referred to in Article 15, modulate charges incurred by them in order to reflect efforts made by these users to optimise the use of air navigation services, to reduce the overall costs of these services and to increase their efficiency, in particular by decreasing charges according to airborne equipment that increases capacity or to offsetting the inconvenie ...[+++]nce of choosing less congested routings.

3. When a Member State decides to apply an incentive scheme, including night-time modulations, in respect of users of air navigation services, it shall, following the consultation referred to in Article 15, modulate charges incurred by them in order to reflect efforts made by these users to optimise the use of air navigation services, to reduce the overall costs of these services and to increase their efficiency, in particular by decreasing charges according to airborne equipment that increases capacity or to offsetting the inconvenie ...[+++]nce of choosing less congested routings.

Invitations to tender are formulated in terms of the service to be offered (set cost per service module) with a requirement for quantified results rather than labour to be invested (cost in man-days).

Until now, in its negotiations with the Americans, the Commission has put forward the scenario that the United States will not be able to jam one of the planned PRS signals because it will be overlaid on one of the future military GPS signals and it is not possible to selectively jam one of two signals overlaid on a single frequency band with the same modulation. As explained in point3.3 hereabove, the modulation used for the overlay would enable Galileo to transmit a much more "robust" and reliable signal. As a result, the United States would not be able to selectively jam Galileo PRS users. A political agreement on the cooperation nece ...[+++]ssary between the two radionavigation systems is required in preparation for a crisis or in the event of a crisis.

In addition, in the light of the new guidelines decided on by EuropeAid, changes have been made to a number of courses (PCM and ECOFIN courses) and in other cases existing modules will be extended (Practical Training on contractual procedures. Service Module - Grants Module - Supplies and Works Module).