Europa-Parlamentet og Rådet har ved flere lejligheder gjort opmærksom på, at systemet etableret under Galileo-programmet er et civilt system under civil kontrol, dvs. oprettet i henhold til civile standarder på grundlag af civile behov og under EU-institutionernes kontrol.
The European Parliament and the Council have recalled on several occasions that the system established under the Galileo programme is a civilian system under civilian control, that is, it was created in accordance with civilian standards based on civilian requirements and under the control of the Union institutions.