Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-30-Speech-4-020"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001130.1.4-020"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-30-Speech-4-0212
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, safety is a serious issue for various forms of transport. More than 40 000 people die in road accidents every year, and although the victims of shipping disasters are fewer in number, each human life counts, and what is more, the natural world is coming under increasing threat owing to accidents at sea. Flora and fauna, in particular birds, are the victims of oil and other forms of pollution. It is sad that a tanker had to be wrecked off the French coast, with disastrous consequence, before the package of measures now on the table was put together. We are very satisfied with this set of measures, as we are with the various reports. I will confine my comments to the Watts report on port state control. As the rapporteur very rightly points out, the condition of a tanker is more indicative than its age. I also support his demand for compulsory voyage data recorders. His regime for ships that have been detained several times or that fly a flag which has been on the blacklist for three years, makes a great deal of sense. What I would ask though, is what percentage of the ships should be refused at the present time on the basis of these criteria? Neither the size nor the status of such a flag state, for example an candidate country, must result in the undermining of the measures. Speaking of the responsibilities of the port state, we must take care not to underplay the importance of the tasks to be fulfilled by the port authorities. It is highly likely that the refusal of the port concerned to allow the to put in, dramatically increased the scale of the disaster. It would be to the credit of the acting President-in-Office of the Council if he were to set things right in his own country too."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Erika"1

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