As the Galileo and EGNOS programmes will be, in principle, financed by the Union, public procurement under those programmes should comply with Union rules on public contracts and should aim, first and foremost, to obtain best value for money, control costs, mitigate risks, improve efficiency and reduce reliance on a single supplier.
Ós rud é gurb é an tAontas, i bprionsabal, a mhaoineoidh clár Galileo agus clár EGNOS, ba cheart go gcomhlíonfadh an soláthar poiblí faoi na cláir sin rialacha an Aontais maidir le conarthaí poiblí agus ba cheart go bhféachfadh siad, ar an gcéad dul síos, leis an luach is fearr ar airgead a fháil, leis na costais a rialú, leis na rioscaí a mhaolú, le héifeachtúlacht a fheabhsú agus leis an spleáchas ar sholáthraithe aonair a laghdú.