Article 17

Registration for third country space services providers

1. Based on a decision by the Commission to allow registration, pursuant to paragraph 5, the Agency shall register in URSO third country space operators that demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Title IV, as set out in Article 16 or Article 15.

2. Where a derogation has been obtained in accordance with Article 19, third country launch operators shall be registered in URSO based on a decision of the Commission without complying with one or more of the conditions set out in Article 15. When a derogation has been requested by a Member State to enable a Union space operator to launch with a third country space operator, that third country space operator shall provide evidence of that request to the Agency.

3. To obtain registration in URSO, pursuant to paragraph 1, a third country space operator shall lodge an application to the Agency. The application shall contain all the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance as referred to in paragraph 1. The Agency shall keep all the evidence which has been supplied by the applicants during the registration procedure.

4. The Agency shall assess the application for registration and shall notify the third country space operator of the outcome of its preliminary assessment. The Agency shall allow that third country space operator to submit a reasoned statement and to provide additional explanation or evidence.

5. Not later than 5 months from the receipt of the application referred to in paragraph 3, first subparagraph, the Agency shall make a proposal to the Commission to take a decision approving or rejecting the registration in URSO of a third country space operator.

6. The Commission shall take a decision based on the proposal of the Agency referred to in paragraph 5 and shall notify that decision to the third country space operator and to the Agency.

7. Where Article 16 applies, the Agency shall register on the basis of the following:

(a) the third country space operator is authorised in a third country and is subject to ongoing supervision in a third country;

(b) the Commission has adopted an equivalence decision pursuant to Article 105.

8. Where an application for derogation has been lodged in accordance with Article 19, the Agency shall proceed to the registration of the third country space operator in URSO after the Commission has adopted its decision in accordance with Article 19(5), first subparagraph.

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