Article 109

Capacity building

1. The Commission shall support space operators, competent authorities and qualified technical bodies for space activities in the implementation of this Regulation, by:

(a) developing, in close cooperation with the Agency and ENISA, as appropriate, guidance materials, methodologies and best practices on the following:

(i) the use, in the context of public procurement procedures carried out at national level, of Union Space Safety Labels issued in accordance to Article 112(4);

(ii) requirements applying to novel areas or to areas under development, such as on-orbit servicing or orbital traffic rules;

(iii) as appropriate, other matters covered by this Regulation;

(b) promoting, with the assistance of the Agency, collaboration and information sharing on matters covered by Title IV, Chapter II, by facilitating the establishment of information sharing arrangements referred to in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2022/2555.

2. The Commission shall support capacity-building, as well as research and innovation activities, by co-funding joint research and development projects to enable industry uptake of technological solutions facilitating compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation in the following areas:

(a) the development of encryption technologies and protocols;

(b) the development of on-board safety systems;

(c) the development of ISOS technologies and concepts;

(d) any other matters covered by this Regulation. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 113, to supplement this Regulation, by specifying the matters referred to in point (c), of the first subparagraph.

3. The Commission shall fund:

(a) the development of standards for launcher neutralizers;

(b) the provision of vouchers to support the participation of space operators to coaching programmes aimed at offsetting part of costs incurred with the implementation of the requirements laid down in Article 96(2).

4. The Commission shall facilitate access to the threat-led penetration testing referred to in Article 88(3), first subparagraph, by mapping the availability of such testing services in the Union and by developing framework contracts to ensure fast and affordable access, notably for SMEs and small mid-caps.

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