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"The Danish Social Democrats have today voted in favour of an improvement to maritime safety. We have voted in favour of a European monitoring and information system for maritime traffic, for a fund to provide compensation for oil pollution and for the setting up of a European maritime safety agency. Many pollution accidents could have been avoided if there had been better safety. We have seen all too many accidents during the last couple of years. There was the loss of the tanker
off Brittany in December 1999, resulting in considerable oil pollution, and the loss of the Italian chemical tanker
. Most recently, we have seen an extensive oil spill in the Baltic, which could have been avoided if we had had better European rules. Ship owners do not think that a black box has anything to do with safety. However, that is not the case. A black box is very useful in the investigation after two ships have collided, as happened, for example, in the Baltic. If we become better at discovering the causes of accidents, we also become better at preventing them. We cannot wait for international rules in the IMO. The EU must take the lead in the IMO by adopting better rules. We cannot compromise on safety. We must have safety so that fish, birds and people can use the sea without being covered in oil and chemicals."@en1
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