Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-340"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Maritime safety2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.13.2-340"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-3412
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Stenmarck2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the loss of the oil tanker, Erika, triggered a long list of activities on the part of the Commission. That is good. However, it would have been better to act before an accident than after one. There are two interesting factors in this context. The first is that the Erika was registered in Malta. Malta-registered vessels have been involved in quite a few losses. In the current membership negotiations, there are therefore reasons for imposing far-reaching requirements when it comes to maritime safety and the environment. The second factor is that the had been approved by an Italian classification society. There has been a lack of supervision of classification societies. This is shown, in particular, by the fact that the same classification society also approved the which sank less than a year after the Erika. Tougher demands upon classification societies are therefore one of the most important components of the proposal we are to adopt a position on. Such a system would have placed a number of question marks over this particular classification company and certainly over a number of others, too. Other efforts are required, too. It is important that the rules governing double hulls should be as stringent here as in the United States. However, rules alone are not enough. The was only eleven years old and fitted with a double hull. However, the vessel was poorly maintained, had a poorly trained crew and had been detained in a Dutch port three times before the accident occurred. It is therefore of the greatest importance also to tighten up on Port State Control and clearly to increase the minimum standard for both vessels and classification societies. The proposal tabled by the Commission is crucial and an important step in the right direction."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Erika"1 "Ievoli Sun"1

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