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"en.20030923.4.2-137"2
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"Let us hope that the provisions recommended by this report do not suffer the same fate as the
and the
. Since 1999, there have been countless reports on safety at sea. The Erika packages only entered partially into force on 23 July 2003. It would have been heartening to see the European Union being as diligent in its fight against the ‘sea thugs’ as in its fight against terrorism. Now, the oil from the
continues each day to pollute the whole of the Atlantic coast up to the Channel. Moreover, there are still more than 37 500 tonnes of heating oil in the wreck.
We have supported the principle of a parliamentary committee of inquiry to shed as much light as possible on the ways in which responsibility for this disaster is to be apportioned. Above and beyond this, however, we have to outlaw the liberal logic that, thanks to the system of flags of convenience, permits the use of dustbin vessels and the exploitation of sailors outside the framework of any social legislation. We are voting in favour of this report because it strengthens the safety rules by demanding an increase in the number of ships inspected, the training of crews and the unlimited liability, in the event of disaster, of the oil companies and of the whole ‘flagships of convenience’ chain. What is missing, however, is a system of monitoring and penalties that gives effective expression to everything for which we are voting in this House."@en1
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