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I have voted in favour of this report because I consider the legislative process that has now ended to be exemplary, not only because it remedies shortcomings that have been tragically demonstrated in the past, but because it is underpinned by a process of drafting laws that is duly proven and consolidated. In fact, following the terrible disaster of the
in 1994, eight Northern European countries decided, in 1996, to adopt and implement stricter standards than those laid down previously, so as, by means of special technical requirements for ships, to guarantee greater resistance and to improve the stability of passenger ships, thereby making them safer in the event of an accident, delaying their capsize and enabling all passengers to be evacuated in good time. It is precisely the evaluation of the effectiveness of this agreement and, at the same time, its extremely positive impact on safety that the Commission has highlighted, considering – quite rightly, in my opinion, in the framework described – that a legislative initiative in the form of a directive, intended to extend this legal step forwards to all the Member States of the European Union is justified. It is, therefore, a matter of adopting a set of measures designed to improve Community legislation on the safety of passenger ships, in full accordance, as a matter of fact, with the political objectives outlined in the White Paper on the matter – which obviously warrants my full support."@en1
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