Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-12-Speech-3-276"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Maritime safety2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011212.9.3-276"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-12-Speech-3-2772
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Mastorakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as a member of the Conciliation Committee, I am delighted that we have achieved a positive result and can now press on and apply effective measures to protect our seas and our shipping industry. We have taken a moderate line and brokered a series of realistic measures, seeing shipping not as an ‘enemy’ but as a friend who could do better, given that, may I remind you, shipping is only responsible for 12% of total maritime pollution. So, ships which seriously endanger our seas will be denied entry to Community ports and voyage data recorders will be fitted to all ships, so that their course can be checked following an accident, God forbid. Compulsory double hulls will be phased in and the rules governing ship survey and control organisations will be improved. Clearly, the catalyst behind this successful outcome, or at least one part of it, was the International Maritime Organisation, which took the right stand thanks to the initiative taken by the Member States of the Union. So now we need to concentrate on fast implementation, and here we are putting our faith in fast reaction on the part of the Commission, not forgetting that five Member States which, I may add, do not include Greece, have been charged by the Commission with not applying a previous, more lenient directive. May I also remind you and highlight the fact that Greece, whose economy, as you know, is far more dependent on shipping than that of any of our partners, is leading the way and is at the vanguard in the fight for maritime safety and efforts to protect human life and the environment. We must also give special thanks to everyone who helped to bring this endeavour to a successful conclusion, especially the Commissioner, and I trust that we shall not forget that the seas of Europe are not a separate entity from the other seas on our planet."@en1

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