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"Mr President, better late than never, as they say. The current proposal for a Council decision is based on the idea of tightening up civil and criminal responsibility for pollution-generating maritime transport. In line with the positions of the Commission directive and with the traditional positions of the European Parliament, the proposal has enabled the European Parliament to fine-tune the initial text with two unanimously approved amendments that I consider to be highly relevant. The first extends the scope of criminal responsibility to behaviour resulting in substantial harm to people, beyond the limited criterion of death or serious injury. The second, following a similar logic, extends the perpetrators’ responsibility from damage to species of fauna and flora to substantial damage to the protected natural environment, which is all marine and coastal life at risk from pollution.
I therefore pay tribute to the rapporteur Mr Di Lello Finuoli, who tabled these amendments. Indeed, the new legal framework on maritime pollution and the future Lisbon Maritime Surveillance Agency, established by the Brussels Council last month, leads us to believe that Europe is finally assuming its responsibilities. It would be absurd for Europe to be responsible for regulating sea resources, without first having the necessary means to protect them."@en1
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