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"Mr President, surely the first thing we have to bear in mind when discussing safety at sea and the introduction of any new legislation is the application of existing legislation. The problem – and it is a huge problem – is that this legislation is not being applied, especially when it comes to port controls.
Secondly, we must not forget that shipping goes beyond national and European borders. So action is needed at international level. And that means giving the European Commission the necessary credentials, so that it can reach agreements right from the start with candidate countries and with our neighbours so that we can coordinate our action. And of course it needs proper credentials from the Council so that it has the necessary authority to negotiate correctly with the International Maritime Organisation, which really does drags its heels.
Thirdly, we must not forget that there are numerous sides to this problem. There is a lot of talk, and rightly so, about old, single-hull tankers. But may I remind you that a fairly new double-hulled ship, the
which was about 10 years old, sank off the coast of France recently, about two years ago in fact, which just goes to show that double hulls are not necessarily the only answer. However, nor is focusing on flags of convenience the only answer, because problems are frequently caused by ships not sailing under flags of convenience.
So what exactly am I getting at? Obviously we need to address the question of single hulls, obviously we need to examine the question of flags of convenience, no doubt about it; but we must not overlook all the other questions which we often underestimate. Port controls are vitally important. The question of ports of refuge, maintenance of ships, all these questions need to be examined overall, globally, if we want results. So we need a package of measures to deal with the problem. As for the committee of inquiry, may I call on my honourable friends not to turn Parliament into a referee in order to resolve internal Spanish differences."@en1
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