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Although I support the proposed Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (the Seveso III Directive), and above all the stricter assessment of possible risks, greater consistency in the preparation of disaster plans and more information for the public on potential dangers, I very much regret the fact that offshore mineral extraction, including hydrocarbons, was not included within the scope of the directive. Unless stricter rules are introduced and strict regulations applied in the area of offshore extraction, I believe there will be more accidents like the one in the Gulf of Mexico or the Jebel al-Zayt drilling platform in Egypt. Since 2010, when media attention was focused on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster, there have been significant oil spills in a further 20 places around the world. The scope of the Seveso III Directive should be extended to oil platforms and oil or gas pipelines on the sea bed or beneath it, and to all phases of oil and gas exploration until after the decommissioning of a well. The inclusion of offshore extraction within the scope of the Seveso III Directive would not only help to prevent serious disasters which threaten biodiversity in rivers, seas and oceans, but would also clearly stipulate that in such a situation the principle applies under which responsibility for a disaster rests with the polluter, who also has an obligation to bear the costs of the necessary preventive and corrective measures."@en1
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