Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-12-Speech-1-064"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safe loading and unloading of bulk carriers2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010212.4.1-064"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-12-Speech-1-0652
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-09-13--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Vlaamse liberalen en democraten (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would also like to thank my fellow Member, Mr van Dam for his report. We support the proposal of the Commission. International regulations do indeed exist, a kind of voluntary agreement, but they appear either not to be complied with or are incompletely complied with. If we are considering safety in shipping, then we can see that a striking number of accidents occur involving bulk carriers. So we must do something about it. We therefore support the report compiled by our fellow Member, Mr van Dam. My group has two observations to make. We will not support the proposal on the black box that is made in Amendment No 13. What is involved here is the loading and unloading of ships. It does not involve ships that are sailing. The problem of the black box is therefore out of place here and belongs, rather, in the Erika II package, where it will be dealt with in the place where it should be dealt with. Secondly, I have tabled an amendment in relation to Article 8. We have rightly changed the right to stop a loading or unloading operation into an obligation. I think that is a good thing. Also the Member State determines who is authorised to do this. I think that is also a good thing. But when a port authority is authorised, it may be that a port authority also has a commercial interest in the loading and unloading of ships and then a conflict of interests may arise and we think that that is not a good thing. That is why in a number of cases we feel that a Member State must also be able to assign control to the authorities that are in charge of port State control. Apart from these two points, we are able to support the proposals in general. Safety at sea is a very important issue. We must invest in it. It struck me, Mr van Dam, that you said that people must be invested in too, both people who exercise control ashore, the port State control and other types of control, and the people on the ships who have to know their job, because I think that that is an important element in the promotion of safety at sea."@en1

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