Regulation (EU) 2023/588

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This text since 20 Mar 2023law://eu/reg/2023/588/art_3__para_1__pnt_b@2026-11-14

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(b)enable the provision of commercial services, or services offered to government-authorised users based on commercial infrastructure at market conditions, by the private sector in accordance with the Union’s applicable competition law, in order to facilitate, inter alia, the further development of worldwide high-speed broadband and seamless connectivity as well as removing communication dead zones and increasing cohesion across Member States’ territories, while bridging the digital divide and contributing, where applicable, to the general objectives referred to in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2018/1972.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2023/588
Adopted: 15 Mar 2023
In force: 20 Mar 2023
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32023R0588 · ELI

Topics

critical infrastructure security EU programme European security information security provision of services satellite communications space policy space technology use of outer space Research and technological development Space Telecommunications

History · 1 version

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Cited by 6: Council Decision (EU) 2026/1460 (Govsatcom and Secure Connectivity); Regulation (EU) 2026/1386; Council Decision (EU) 2025/554 (GOVSATCOM and Secure Connectivity); Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/10672 provisions; Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/10532 provisions; this act3 provisions
Cites 1: Directive (EU) 2018/1972 (Recast)

Defined terms · 9

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blending operation
means a blending operation as defined in Article 2, point (27), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696.
EUCI
means EU classified information or EUCI as defined in Article 2, point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696;
EuroQCI
means an interconnected space, ground and terrestrial infrastructure integrated into the secure connectivity system, using quantum-based technology;
payload
means equipment carried by a spacecraft for the performance of a particular mission in space;
sensitive non-classified information
means sensitive non-classified information as defined in Article 2, point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696;
space debris
means space debris as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696;
space ecosystem
means a network of interacting undertakings operating in value chains in the space sector, from the smallest start-ups to the largest undertakings, encompassing the upstream and downstream segments of the space market;
spacecraft
means a spacecraft as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696;
the Agency
means the European Union Agency for the Space Programme established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696;