Political and economic impacts of national space legislation in Europe
- Paper number
IAC-09.E8.4.13
- Author
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria
- Coauthor
Ms. Matxalen Sánchez Aranzamendi, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria
- Year
2009
- Abstract
The legal discussion on the need for and the shape of national space legislation is broad and well documented. At the same time, thorough analysis on the economic aspects and the political consequences of national space legislation is strikingly missing. This paper tries to close this gap in that it systematically investigates in the economic consequences of national space legislation in Europe and decidedly points at the political aspects of how to achieve a harmonized legislative setting in Europe. Both issues are of high relevance in the current situation, where the European Union is struggling to find effective ways and means to support European space activities in time of the global financial and economic crisis and use space as a motor for economic growth and innovation. The current Presidency of the EU Council has therefore singled out the regulatory framework for space activities as an important element to be shaped in order to achieve these goals. This paper is based on a study conducted in the first half of 2009 by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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