Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-13-Speech-3-186"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Maritime traffic2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010613.5.3-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-13-Speech-3-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Gianni Pittella2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2000-09-19--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by welcoming the launch of this second round of measures, diligently drawn up by the Commission and subjected to in-depth debate in the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism. As has already been said, the basic aim is to avoid the far too many, genuine tragedies which have occurred when unforeseen natural causes are combined with human error. I would like to focus on the measure analysed in Mr Mastorakis' report, a measure establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency. This is a structure which, to discharge its functions fully, must imperatively be autonomous, independent and highly focused. These are the requirements which the Group of the Party of European Socialists has repeatedly stressed and reiterated with the amendments tabled in plenary and unexpectedly rejected in committee: autonomy and independence, as I said; the membership of the Administrative Board, which would exclude without any reasonable grounds both direct and indirect representation of Parliament; the decision-making powers of the Agency; in short, its role and usefulness for achieving the goal which all undoubtedly endorse. Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to stress these points and we hope that our recommendation, contained in another amendment which refers to the criteria to be fulfilled for eligibility for accommodating the Agency, will be endorsed. This is not so much a question of engaging in another tedious, nationalistic competition as of laying down and outlining the criteria and parameters which a town or State must fulfil in order to be eligible. Indeed, there is no doubt that it is in the interests of all to establish not formal, needlessly ornamented structures which duplicate functions but suitable bodies, so that we do not end up lamenting over tragedies which could have been avoided by courageous, far-sighted decisions."@en1

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