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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly and most importantly I wish to congratulate the rapporteur on the efficient, proper way in which he has proceeded with this report. When it comes to this problem of marine oil pollution, the citizens of Europe, as well as the environment and the maritime sector, expect a Europe that takes strong action. I think that we have succeeded in this. I think that the proposals on the table here are the most attainable. In the longer term, I should also like to see the other proposals my group has presented return in the form of a directive. They are as follows: redefining heavy fuel oil as waste, establishing a European coastguard service, and an obligatory percentage of ship inspections per port and not per Member State: otherwise, in 15 years’ time, we shall have the same problems with the double hull tankers. I have two further remarks.
The first of these relates to shipbuilding. The European shipbuilding sector is doing particularly badly. Tightening up the
package has the potential to breathe new life into the sector. The Commission can present proposals on this.
Secondly, I share the concern of my fellow Member Mr Vermeer regarding the worldwide measures. There is the danger of this leading to Europe exporting oil slick disasters. I therefore advocate banging our fist on the table at the International Maritime Organisation to press for single hull tankers to be phased out for good worldwide, ahead of schedule."@en1
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