Article 43

Tasks of the Compliance Board

1. The Compliance Board shall be responsible for:

(a) issuing technical proposals to the Commission for the authorisation, in accordance with Article 12(2), of operators of Union-owned assets which are entrusted by the Commission with the execution or operation of the respective component of the Union Programme, as referred to in that Article, and carrying out, throughout the duration of such authorisation, technical assessment activities to allow the Commission to exercise the ongoing supervision of such operators to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation;

(b) carrying out technical assessment activities in relation to the requirements laid down in Title IV, Chapters I, II, III, IV and V, before competent authorities issue authorisations to Union space services providers, as regards the assets referred to in Article 5, first paragraph, point (21), where a Member State has decided to entrust the Agency with the task of carrying out such technical assessment, pursuant to Article 8(1), point (c);

(c) assess, and issuing technical proposals to the Commission as regards, the ongoing compliance of third country space operators with the requirements laid down in Title IV, in the manner specified to in Articles 15 and Article 16 respectively.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Compliance Board shall have the following powers:

(a) take, in the manner specified in paragraph 3, technical assessment decisions proposing to the Commission the authorisation, in accordance with Article 11(1), first subparagraph, of Union space operators of Union-owned assets entrusted with the execution or operation of components of the Union Programme, in accordance with Article 12(2), as well as proposing to the Commission throughout the duration of such authorisation any needed supervisory measures;

(b) take technical assessment decisions regarding the fulfilment of the requirements laid down in Title IV, Chapters I, II, III, IV and V, where a Member State entrusts the Agency to carry out the technical assessment pursuant to Article 8(1), point (c);

(c) ensure, on the basis of a decision of the Commission taken pursuant to Article 11(1), first subparagraph, Article 17(6), and Article 22(6), first subparagraph, the registration in URSO, and respectively, the suspension or withdrawal of registration in URSO, of Union space operators of Union-owned assets and third country space operators, and that of international organisations, pursuant to Articles 17, 18 and 22, and manage URSO and its associated platform;

(d) take technical assessment decisions proposing to the Commission measures for ensuring the compliance of third country space operators, once registered, with the requirements laid down in Title IV, in the manner specified in Articles 15 and Article 16;

(e) issue the e-certificates referred to in Article 25(1);

(f) approve the conclusions of the reports submitted by the Technical Boards referred to in Article 44(2), second subparagraph, when carrying out the technical assessments referred to in paragraph 1;

(g) draw up and publish the consolidated lists of space services providers registered in URSO pursuant to Article 24(2);

(h) adopt and publish its rules of procedure.

3. For the purposes of taking the decisions referred to in paragraph 2, the Compliance Board shall act as follows:

(a) compliance with the requirements laid down in Title IV, Chapters I, III, IV and V, shall be established by means of technical assessments carried out in accordance with Article 44(1);

(b) compliance with the requirements laid down in Title IV, Chapters II, shall be established as follows:

(i) for technical assessment decisions regarding the space services providers referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), compliance shall be established by the Security Accreditation Board, in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2021/696;

(ii) for technical assessment decisions regarding the space services providers referred to in paragraph 1, points (b) and (c), compliance shall be established by in accordance with Article 44(1).

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