Press Release: EP backs Commission on more secure Galileo services

The European Parliament approved the Commission's proposal on the Public Regulated Service (PRS) access rules for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system. This special service will protect the functioning of management of critical transport and emergency services, police work and border control, as well as of peace missions via its highly robust encrypted signals.

These enhanced signals protect the services against threats, such as "spoofing" that can distort signals guiding a car or a ship, and provide inaccurate positioning to e.g. a police car or an ambulance. PRS are valuable in crisis situations where it is essential that emergency and security services continue to function.