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Mr President, I should like to think that we are all concerned about protecting the environment and maritime safety, and that is the only reason for dragging the
incident into our debate. I cannot believe that anyone could maintain that this case is even remotely comparable to the
catastrophe.
The spillage from the
has only amounted to 24 tonnes to date, compared with more than 70 000 tonnes from the
. It would be like comparing a scratch to terminal cancer; however, an incident such as this is never a minor matter. We need to reinforce the mechanisms for preventing and managing certain risks on our seas, especially in the Mediterranean.
There is no doubt that the Spanish authorities acted calmly, efficiently and competently, perhaps because they have learnt from the serious chain of errors and stupidities committed by the government at the time of the
disaster. This action on the part of the Spanish Government and the Junta de Andalucía was facilitated by the European Maritime Safety Agency and the services of CleanSeaNet, which provided the Spanish authorities with eleven satellite images and two incident assessment reports, and the Commission response was mentioned by Mr Barrot just now so I will not repeat it.
Nine months after the incident the matter is under control and the British and Spanish authorities, together with the Commission, are acting strictly within the framework of the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar."@en1
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