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"Madam President, as Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, transport and Tourism and as a Greek Member of Parliament, I wish to raise the subject of the sinking of the Express Samina last Tuesday. So far there are 79 dead and 2 unaccounted for. This was a truly dreadful and horrific accident in which the human factor – the negligence of the crew members – appears to have played a decisive part. Nonetheless, there are serious indications that Community law has been violated, especially as regards the registration of passengers and compliance with the safety standards set out in Community directives and I think we should therefore start by welcoming the reaction of the European Commission, which is already investigating whether or not Community law was complied with.
We here in the European Parliament must undertake as quickly as possible to examine the Commission’s proposals on safety standards at sea, especially the so-called
package, which contains the Commission’s proposals on safety at sea following the accident last year involving this tanker. I also think that we and the Commission should look carefully to see if the timetable for Directive 98/18 on safety arrangements for ferry boat passengers can be reduced, given that some of the provisions in this directive last until 2009.
In this context, there should be no derogations for Member States, such as the present derogation for Greece for ferry boats over 27 years old. I also consider that it is wrong for Greece to have a derogation as regards liberalising transport by 2004 because this erodes safety standards in Greece, in my own country, even further. I think that competition can help standards to improve. The European People’s Party has tabled a motion along these lines and I trust that all the political groups will agree to debate it, given that it concerns an extremely important matter. It concerns the death of 80 of our fellow human beings."@en1
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