Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-076"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Minimum level of training of seafarers2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030902.4.2-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Herman Vermeer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (2001-11-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2001-11-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is as a completion of what is already in place that this report is particularly important. I would like to thank the rapporteur for the work he has done. This revision of an existing regulation for the recognition of seafarers from countries outside the European Union is, in particular, an improvement on the current situation. The assessment of training by the European Maritime Safety Agency against the training requirements laid down in the IMO treaty, under which approval is given to the third country in question for five years, is a good thing, as it will improve maritime safety in and around European waters enormously. We are making direct use of the agency that we have just set up. It is extremely important to think the same things, to have recognisable rules, to have a recognisable language as far as possible. Many of the accidents at sea are, after all, not only the result of technical defects but are often the result of inattention; human error that could have been avoided if people had been more alert. Amendments that will allow us to use languages other than English as languages of communication in the maritime world seem to me to be undesirable. We need to try to follow other examples of uniformity in international language use. In aviation, for example, English is the right language of communication. Language was said to have been a problem when the Tricolor sank in the Channel, for example. One of the causes of the accidents that occurred after the Tricolor sank was a breakdown in communication between an English-speaking captain and the French pilot services. It is therefore vital that we apply the same recognition in the same language and that we are dealing with the same rules throughout the European Union, and indeed throughout the entire world. Mr Poignant, I think that it is a very good thing that you have formulated your report in these general terms and it is also in general terms that I will support it."@en1
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