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"Commissioner, you are not the only one who is angry. When I see how this event is destroying the livelihoods of so many people and of a whole region, we are all angry. On behalf of my group I can tell you that our hearts are with them all, and I believe that we must offer them help through all the channels we have. Here in Parliament we must do what a parliament must do, however, which is to make rules and reinforce existing rules. The first thing I would like to ask – and I am also addressing this request to my good friend Mr Bertel Haarder – is that we apply the existing rules and that we take Erika I and II in hand. There is still a document being debated in the Council, Mr Haarder, and I hope that you will do something about this. We must also tighten up a number of things that are contained in Erika I and II; I am thinking in particular of ports of refuge and safe anchorages. In order to prevent major catastrophes, we must make this system compulsory, so that ships that get into difficulties can get help there and are not turned away. We must draw up a rule for this. The Commission is supposed to be carrying out a study. We must have this. We must also have a compensation rule for ports or places of refuge that take in ships. We now have a ship lying at a depth of 3 500 metres with 50 000 tonnes of oil still on board, and this ship will be causing problems for years. We must avoid this kind of thing in future.
Secondly, I would like to comment on port state control, as mentioned by Mr Simpson. Let us tighten this up for hazardous ships. It is absolutely no use checking 25% of ships in good condition; you must focus the controls on hazardous ships and old ships. We must make sure that ships passing through sensitive shipping zones are better controlled. We ask that you enter into negotiations with third countries, including with Russia, with a view to possibly signing bilateral agreements in this regard. It is time to put an end to the quarrels between the Council, the IMO and the Commission. The Commission must negotiate and must be given the opportunity to talk about this; then we will have much stricter rules. International legislation – and this is clearly stated in the resolution we all agree on – cannot be a reason to destroy the environment and people’s lives. The one must not take priority over the other.
Finally, with regard to the debate on procedures; together with the Commission and the Council, we must act fast and get rules down on paper. We are therefore not in favour of a committee of enquiry, as this would take too long."@en1
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