Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-12-Speech-1-093"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040112.7.1-093"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-12-Speech-1-0942
lpv:speaker	lp:Bent Hindrup Andersen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; JuniBevægelsen (2003-03-01--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (2003-03-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2003-03-25--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, illegal discharges of oil from ships is a major problem in Danish waters. It is not only a question of the sea being polluted, causing damage to fisheries. Often, the oil washes up on the land and pollutes our beaches. Equipment for easily removing waste oil must be set up in our ports. This should be funded by means of a general port duty so that there is no benefit in discharging oil into the sea instead. The Commission now proposes that penalties for illegal discharges now be transferred to EU law. There must indeed be penalties for illegal discharges. Illegal discharges into Danish waters must be penalised under Danish law. Illegal discharges into international waters must be punished by an international environmental court. The Commission proposes that an EU coastguard be set up to track down the lawbreakers. In Denmark, polluters are monitored and traced by aircraft made available by the military. We therefore need neither EU law nor an EU coastguard with their attendant bureaucracy. We should, however, like to see the EU take the initiative in setting up an international environmental court under the auspices of the UN. At the same time, the Commission suggests promoting the reflagging of ships by bringing passenger vessels under existing easy-going rules and by limiting what is termed the quarantine period. Reflagging would undermine the pioneering countries’ agreements on salaries, working conditions and safety. The ship owners would also evade the VAT and tax rules that fund the welfare state. That would be unacceptable. Finally, the proposal that ships’ flags should have the EU symbol with the twelve gold stars against a blue background in the top corners of their national flags is ridiculous. We cannot, unfortunately, support any of the proposals. Once again."@en1

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