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"Mrs Chairman, a series of high-profile ship disasters, particularly involving oil tankers, has hit our continent in the recent past. Tremendous damage has been caused to nature as well as to the livelihoods of the population living in these areas. Our electors ask us what we are doing to prevent catastrophes like these? I would like to thank Ms Wallström and Ms De Palacio for the action they have taken in the field of maritime safety. They definitely have reacted quickly and worked swiftly for better rules and legislation regarding safety at sea in both the ‘Erika I’ and ‘Erika II’ proposals.
The phasing out of single-hull oil tankers will increase safety along EU coasts. My friends in the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism remarked that stricter EU phase-out dates should be adopted. I thank my colleagues for this responsible approach and I urge agreement to be reached on the earlier drop-dead date of 2015. When we do this we should always remember that double hulls or even triple hulls do not guarantee with absolute certainty that accidents will not happen in the future. Presenting new technologies and making improvements to the vessel design are part of this important work.
As regards the Commission decision yesterday to stick with the previously agreed timetable regarding the state aid schemes I think that was a wise decision. Like my very good friend Mrs Langenhagen I am very worried about the situation in South Korea and I was glad to see that the European Commission will review this issue before May next year."@en1
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