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Following on from an EP resolution of September 2003, inspired by the
and
petrol tanker disasters, a temporary committee was set up specifically to deal with issues relating to maritime safety.
This committee has held various hearings with experts and leaders from Union countries, who helped it to gain a more thorough understanding of the issue. Its activity is coming to an end, with the adoption in plenary of a resolution aimed at summing up the approximately six months of its duration.
Unfortunately, because some of the contributions have contradicted one another, this temporary committee has not been able fully to clarify the causes and the circumstances of the sinking of the
an aspect also referred to in the Sterckx report.
I share the rapporteur’s concerns, specifically where he focuses on ways of improving maritime safety and insists on some points that I believe to be important, such as the need for the EU to work together with countries affected by maritime disasters; the publication of the black list of vessels that must be banned from entering EU ports and the development of a system for detecting vessels transporting hazardous goods at sea.
Although the temporary committee has to date served to maintain the interest of the Institutions, Member States and other organisations involved in the field, it is now up to each of these to assimilate this concern and, above all, to bear in mind ..."@en1
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