Source: European Parliament
The Commission does not have any official information of an agreement and cannot comment, as a matter of principle, on a purported agreement between a Member State and a commercial satellite network operator. It is at the discretion of Member States to determine how to manage their national secure communication and their degree of reliance on non-EU solutions.
The EU strives for leadership in strategic technology and to boost its technological sovereignty. It was the EU’s governmental actors who expressed their growing strategic demand for secure, sovereign and reliable space-based satellite communication services.
The Commission’s proposal for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS2) Regulation[1], strongly supported by Member States and the European Parliament since its inception, encapsulates the EU’s reply to fully address these public user needs and requirements in the space domain.
The IRIS2 Regulation requires all the components of the programme to be accredited by the Security Accreditation Board established under Article 72(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696[2].
The Commission will take stock of all the tools and technologies available in Europe, including the 5G security toolbox, in order to meet the requirements of the Security Accreditation Board.