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As the Council has repeatedly said, safety and security lie at the heart of the European Union maritime policy. Measures to improve them, as well as to protect the marine environment, represent the bulk of legislation adopted in this area in the five years since the
disaster.
In its response to this and other similar incidents, the Council has consistently supported a dual approach: on the one hand, incorporating the provisions of international conventions into Community law and thus ensuring stricter compliance with the highest global standards and, on the other hand, adopting specific Community provisions wherever IMO standards are lacking or insufficient. In this way a comprehensive body of maritime safety legislation has been built up and is continuing to expand.
Amongst the specific measures adopted in the intermediate aftermath of the
disaster, were firstly those under the Erika I package aimed at enhanced port state control to combat substandard shipping; stricter monitoring of the classification companies use to conduct safety checks on ships; and the accelerated phasing-out of single-hull oil tankers. Secondly, there were those under the Erika II package aimed at the establishment of a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and the creation of a European Maritime Safety Agency whose main role is to monitor the effectiveness of the EU maritime safety rules in general.
Other measures include those designed to improve the safety of ships other than oil tankers, such as passenger vessels, to ensure a minimum level of seafarers' training and to reduce pollution from ships. For improving security in the wake of a number of terrorist outrages, a regulation on enhancing ship and port facilities security was adopted earlier this year, incorporating the SOLAS ISPS measures into EU legislation and expanding them to include domestic traffic.
Currently under consideration by the Council are measures to implement the IMO International Safety Management Code within the Community, so penalties can be imposed for certain pollution offences and port security enhanced.
Finally, looking ahead, a new package of maritime safety measures is expected to be submitted for examination by the Council in spring 2005."@en1
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