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Providing over the whole extension of the European Seas a reliable op-
erational real-time service.
Defining a common data policy (affordable cost of the image);
Assuring the sustainability of the process (future missions).
Moreover, JRC will continue to collect and distribute results from satellite
data, producing maps of all the seas around Europe.
Following these aims, JRC together with DG ENV launched the initia-
tive of a permanent Group of Experts on satellite monitoring of sea-based
oil pollution. The primary objective of this Group will be a comprehensive
exchange of information, knowledge and expertise about the Satellite
monitoring of sea-based oil pollution at European level. Moreover, the
Group will have the following tasks:
Information exchange on R&D projects;
Technical support of the European Commission and in particular the
Management Committee on Marine Pollution (MCMP), in the field of
oil pollution detection and tracking by satellite monitoring;
Analyse and support the process towards standardisation, for re-porting
system, and for agreement on best practice;
Make available to all countries the results of passed or ongoing studies
or projects related to satellite tracking of oil pollution;
Allow for a joint thought on how to secure the continuous access of in-
formation for oil spill monitoring by satellite imagery, and how to en-
hance the coverage of all European Seas in time and space.
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