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Mr Ortuondo, in relation to your intervention on Article 6, on responsibility in the case of less serious pollution, I can tell you that the first thing I am going to find out is what the Council thinks, but Parliament has already adopted a position on this issue. In other words, either the Council accepts the position adopted by Parliament or, if not, there will be a second reading. These may constitute the current negotiations, but I believe that this is not the only problem. I wish it were.
Secondly, I would say that it is French law which will have the power to confiscate or freeze the assets of a specific company in order to compensate for damages or anything else, and it could establish liabilities beyond those laid down according to the objective criteria provided for in current international legislation on hydrocarbon pollution. That does not consider who is liable or not, simply how much should be paid; but there is a maximum ceiling, as you well know, of USD 180 million, some EUR 200 million, which, as I have said, is inadequate. This would therefore fall to the French Government, should the need arise. This kind of consideration is not the responsibility of the Commission.
We have received no information so far about an increase in the number of inspectors, but I hope that this will happen. It has just been agreed that the directives must be implemented before they enter into force; then, they can take on more inspectors before the directives come into force. The Heads of State and Government have said this. Let them go ahead then. I hope that is the case and of course I will remind all the ministers of this at the next Council.
With regard to European coastguards, I believe that in order to facilitate the creation of an agency we can at least begin to better coordinate the action of the various bodies which act in the various European Union waters and which are different in each country."@en1
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