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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ship-generated waste and cargo residues2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000313.5.1-095"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-13-Speech-1-0962
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2000-08-29)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, I too should like to thank Mr Bouwman for his efforts to broker a consensus of opinion within the committee. No absolute consensus was found but that’s politics for you. Regardless of how matters stand or what the final version of the report will be, and whatever the agreement reached between the Council and Parliament, it is bound to be an improvement on the previous situation. Waste management facilities are to be built in ports and I believe this directive will definitely help considerably in limiting marine pollution. It is now evident, particularly from this debate, that there is a bone of contention here. There are clearly two systems: one in the North Sea, the ‘no special fee’ system, and the system in operation in all other ports, whereby ships are charged according to their use of port facilities. I can understand my fellow Members’ concern that many unscrupulous masters will discharge waste at sea in order to avoid paying fees, but I would like to say that there is another side to the coin. The other side to the coin is that ports in Member States in the Mediterranean area, such as my own country, Greece, will face particularly stiff competition from ports in neighbouring non-EU countries as, of course, nothing will prevent masters of ships sailing through the Mediterranean from docking at Turkish or North-African ports so as to avoid paying the objectively high fees which are to apply in Community ports, irrespective of use of facilities. I would like to say that we have made some progress here. Let us hold on to the progress which we have made with this directive, namely the provision for a charging system based on certain objective criteria. I do not think that forcing the systems to converge, aside from problems with the principle of subsidiarity, will achieve the results we are hoping for, because there will always be ways of getting around the system, ways which are harmful to the environment."@en1

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