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"Mr President, Commissioner, questions of the safety of sea transport and the protection of the maritime environment have been very much to the fore for just over a year now in the wake of the
disaster. Although the wreck of the
was a catastrophe for European shipping, the accident also had some very positive consequences. The publicity surrounding the disaster and increased political pressure has resulted in more effective monitoring on the part of the Commission of legislation on shipping. The Commission has also very promptly managed to submit a number of legislative proposals to make shipping safer for discussion by Parliament and the Council.
Like the fellow Members before me, I would also like to thank the Commissioner for this active involvement. I also wish to thank you for having taken an initially positive view of the need to create a thematic network with regard to short route navigation, which is a very important initiative on the part of AMRIE. Before
the Union already had, and has had most definitely since, acts in place that pretty much cover the whole area of vessel safety and the prevention of pollution from ships. The truth is that the
accident would probably never have happened if all the regulations in force at the time had been properly complied with and if, furthermore, that compliance had been monitored correctly.
The Commission’s proposal to replace the committees currently dealing with matters of maritime safety with one committee is to be supported. At the same time, responsibility for maritime safety policy will fall more clearly to the new committee being set up. The new committee must monitor and, if necessary, improve the way legislation is implemented and take an active role, on the Union’s behalf, in the IMO and other international organisations.
In connection with the amendment to the regulation, the Commission is reserving the right to judge whether any international amendment to the regulations might be harmful to European maritime safety. I also support the Commission’s proposal regarding its proposed procedure in this connection. It is very important, however, as the rapporteur quite rightly points out in his report, that Parliament’s rights to take part in the regulatory procedure should be satisfactorily safeguarded."@en1
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