"WASHINGTON - The US has come out swinging against a draft law by the European Union that Washington claims would establish restrictivemarket barriers, impose costly environmental protection requirements, and create regulatory hurdles for US commercial firms - thus undermining bilateral, as well as NATO-wide, cooperation. The US "expresses deep concern regarding measures in the proposed Act that would impose unacceptable regulatory burdens on U.S. providers of space services to European customers," the State Department charges in a document submitted to the EU on Tuesday."
""Safety: The Act introduces robust rules for tracking space objects and mitigating space debris, preserving Europe's secure and uninterrupted access to space. Resilience: Tailored cybersecurity requirements will strengthen protection of European space infrastructure and ensure business continuity. Sustainability: Operators will need to assess and reduce the environmental impact of their space activities, while benefiting from support for innovation in emerging technologies like in-orbit servicing and debris removal.""
The EU draft Space Act proposes unified regional rules focused on safety, resilience, and sustainability for space activities. Safety rules emphasize tracking space objects and mitigating debris to preserve secure access to space. Resilience provisions introduce tailored cybersecurity requirements to protect infrastructure and ensure business continuity. Sustainability measures require operators to assess and reduce environmental impacts while supporting innovation in in-orbit servicing and debris removal. The European Commission frames the law as cutting red tape and creating a predictable market, while the United States objects that the Act would impose unacceptable regulatory and commercial burdens on U.S. space providers and risk undermining cooperation.
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