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Mr President, the honourable Member has a very good knowledge of maritime safety issues; you have been a rapporteur and furthermore you have had considerable successes, such as the inclusion of black boxes, which was largely achieved thanks to your work, effort and persistence. You are also well aware of the problem associated with maritime traffic. I believe we must do work on this; in relation to the problem of the Channel, we have seen that there are aspects on which progress can be made.
With regard to flags of convenience, the honourable Members are aware that, within the International Maritime Organisation, work is being done to improve this situation. In any event, there are two types of flag of convenience: those which exist for purely economic or tax reasons and those which, furthermore, demonstrate very little responsibility when it comes to control and the quality of the ships which fly them. We must distinguish between these two situations.
The way to act is not to make a generic declaration; which would be the easiest thing to do, but, when it comes down to it, would be difficult to put into practice. We have to make their lives difficult in our ports so that they stop coming. In this regard, port inspections, with the selective criteria we have proposed and which have been approved thanks to the support of this Parliament, and which the Council also approved, clearly mean that, as soon as a ship flying that flag reaches a European Union port, it will be thoroughly inspected. It will therefore have to be up to scratch.
This type of action and control, particularly in relation to those countries and flags which present most risk, is the way to act in the immediate term. However, the honourable Member is right, because it is not just a question of flags of convenience, but also the problem of the responsibility of classification societies, who have a conflict of interests, because they justify and certify the quality of a ship on behalf of the State issuing the flag but at the same time work for the owner of the ship in order to issue certain types of certificates.
We must analyse these chains and deal with the issues in depth, and we must also deal with responsibility in the event of serious negligence."@en1
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