Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-14-Speech-4-073"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.3.4-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique F.C. Souchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I wish to focus my speech on the issue of compensating the victims of oil pollution, which our House has quite rightly proposed to extend to pollution by hazardous substances. The current system of limiting the financial responsibility of shipowners, which is an absolute scandal, and of oil-tanker owners limiting their own responsibility, under an International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) with resources that are capped and which bear no relation to the real cost of the pollution caused, has led to tragically inadequate cover for damage suffered by victims. It is unacceptable that the victims, or more often the taxpayers, should have to stand in, in financial terms, for those responsible for causing the pollution. The Commission is therefore proposing the creation of a specifically European Fund (COPE), which would operate on the principle of the Member States standing in for the parties involved in acts of oil pollution. The responsibility of each party and, of course, top of the list are the shipowner and the charterer, must be able to be clearly identified and brought to book by the victims. We agree with the stated objectives, which are to fully compensate the victims for the damage they have suffered and to ensure that the compensation mechanisms function efficiently and speedily. On the other hand, we are concerned at the methods proposed for the operation of the COPE Fund, in particular with regard to bringing the COPE procedures into line with those of the IOPCF. In these circumstances, the victims risk coming up against the same problems of proving the pollution and of companies refusing to pay. This is why, like the rapporteur, we are calling for specific procedures to be drawn up for the implementation of the COPE Fund, so that it can properly fulfil its objectives to the benefit of the victims."@en1

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