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"en.20060213.10.1-073"2
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"Mr President, the tragic shipwreck of the obsolete, over-maintained, 35-year-old passenger car ferry
which dragged thousands of passengers and seafarers to a watery grave in the Red Sea, is yet another link in the long chain of maritime crimes committed for the sake of profit.
We express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the passengers and seafarers who lost their lives for nothing. We would take this opportunity to point out that, with the reasoned opinion/ultimatum sent by the European Commission in December 2005 to the Greek Government on the application of Regulation No 3577/92, adopting the demands of the shipowners on the pretext of alleged unfair competition, basic seaworthiness and safety criteria of passenger car ferries are being abolished, such as the horsepower and registered tonnage of ships and the 30-year age limit for the withdrawal of ships, which has been adopted in our country.
We are calling on the European Commission to stop this procedure. There is an immediate need, through the International Maritime Organisation ..."@en1
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