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"en.20030115.12.3-228"2
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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, society as a whole is currently convinced that international maritime traffic is the domain of a predatory form of capitalism that does not have the interests of society at heart and which is even criminal. Standards must be established to prevent this terrible situation continuing.
There are various approaches to solving this problem: one is that adopted by the United States in the wake of the
accident in 1989, by creating the Oil Pollution Act, in 1990. I would recall that the guarantee required of shipowners stands at USD one billion, that the liability required is unlimited and that, currently, Exxon Mobil is being asked to pay USD four billion in compensation.
Double hulls, coastguards, etc, etc, form part of this approach. Another approach is that of the
a piece of legislation that, although a step forwards, is not being properly applied by the Council and the Member States, which prefer to move in the sphere of international mafias. On the other hand, there are countries, such as Galicia, which are suffering the consequences and whose populations, including fishermen and volunteers are having to fight the oil slick with their bare hands. I believe that the only solution is for the EU to create its own legislation (we could even call it the ‘Prestige’ law, imitating, in this case, the United States. Next, we should surely amend all international legislation. I wish to ask whether you will be adopting initiatives to achieve this?"@en1
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