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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001130.2.4-078"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-30-Speech-4-0792
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"It would be better if there were no single-hull tankers any longer, but such ships were still being built up until 1996. The Commission is right to want to stop Europe lagging behind America. We must not allow single-hull tankers to carry on sailing in our waters when they are no longer present elsewhere after 2005, 2010 or 2015. If we do not implement the necessary measures in good time we will end up with the old, high-risk ships that have been sent for scrap in the States in our own waters. Double-hull tankers reduce the risk of oil pollution, but do not rule it out. In particular, in recent years there has been a dramatic increase in tanker and fast passenger ship traffic in the Baltic Sea off Estonia and Russia. The risk of ships crashing into each other is so great there that without extra supervision and inspections, shipping accidents are becoming increasingly likely. There is therefore every reason to tighten up the Commission proposal, just as the rapporteurs for the other reports on safety at sea that are on the agenda today have done. Unfortunately, rapporteur Hatzidakis has done the opposite. He fears a shortage of tankers and would rather wait for internationally agreed measures. I support the Commission proposal. However, the ways in which it has been toned down make it inadequate."@en1

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