Press Release: President Barroso visits the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in Prague

On Wednesday 3 April, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso visited the headquarters of the European Global Navigation and Satellite System (GNSS) Agency (GSA) in Prague. The GSA supports the Commission in the management of the Galileo and EGNOS programme, notably in the domain of security, research and marketing.

The European GNSS Agency (GSA), provisionally located in Brussels, moved to its premises in Prague on 6 September 2012 as agreed by the EU Heads of State and Government on 10 December 2010. The operational responsibility for the GNSS Programmes will be gradually transferred from the European Commission to the GSA over the next multi-annual financial framework (2014-2020).

During his visit to the Czech Republic, the President of the European Commission also met with the Czech Prime-Minister, Petr Nečas, and with the country's President, Miloš Zeman.

European Commission: Speech 13/278: Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Mr Petr Nečas, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-278_en.pdf

European Commission: Speech 13/275: Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Mr Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-275_en.pdf

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