Translation of "Traité sur la défense et l'espace " (French → English) :

Special provision should be made for mixed contracts involving defence or security aspects or certain parts not falling within the scope of the TFEU.

10. Notes that any increase in the use of space assets by the military must not reduce and limit civilian use and possible future civilian applications; calls on the Member States and the VP/HR to initiate a review of the outdated 1967 Outer Space Treaty or to initiate a new regulatory framework which takes into account technological progress since the 1960s; underlines also the urgent need to reduce the risk of collision due to the growing number of satellites and space debris; welcomes the initiative of the Commission to propose the organisational framework for the establishment and operation of a European space surveillance and tra ...[+++]cking system (SST); welcomes equally the EU-sponsored multilateral initiative towards an International Code of Conduct for Space Activities as a way of introducing norms of behaviour in space as it seeks to achieve enhanced safety, security, and sustainability in space by emphasising that space activities should involve a high degree of care, due diligence, and appropriate transparency, with the aim of building confidence among space sector actors worldwide; believes that any new framework must take into account the views of all Member States and be strategically devised, looking at the long-term future of the industry, effectively preventing an arms race in outer space and ensuring the prohibition of harmful interference with space objects;

It is therefore important that the Commission, the Council, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States act in accordance with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and that Member States and the EEAS increase their efforts regarding the possible revision of the international legal framework or, alternatively, regarding a new treaty or code which takes into account the technological progress since the 1960s and effectively prevents an arms race in outer space.

43. Reiterates the importance of the principle of the use of space for peaceful purposes expressed in the above-mentioned 1967 Outer Space Treaty; is therefore concerned by the possible future weaponisation of space;

26. Recalls the provisions of Article IV of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, whereby States Parties undertake not to place in orbit around the Earth or other celestial bodies any nuclear weapons or objects carrying WMD, not to install WMD on celestial bodies, not to station WMD in outer space in any other manner, and not to establish military bases or installations, test any type of weapons or conduct military exercises on the Moon or other celestial bodies;

15. Calls upon the forthcoming IGC to introduce in the Constitutional Treaty the concept of a European Research Area, in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technologies move freely, and to allocate the resources necessary for the implementation of the European Research Area as a complement to the actions provided for in the multiannual framework programme.