Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-22-Speech-1-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030922.5.1-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-22-Speech-1-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I support this report on the . It is important. From next year the Baltic Sea will in practice be an internal sea of the Union, a sea whose waters are completely replaced only once in a quarter of a century. It is unusually susceptible to the damaging effects of petroleum products. At the upper end of the Gulf of Finland another oil harbour is already being built which constitutes a threat to the safety of the entire sea. Remember that, when sailing there, there can be pack ice 20 metres high! At the same time ferry traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn is on the increase, so now we urgently need the proposal promised by the Commissioner for traffic arrangements in this sea. Soon a hundred million tonnes of oil will be transported across the Baltic Sea every year, but all countries together have the resources to clean up just 10 000 tonnes, or one tank on one ship, which corresponds to 0.01% of the total. Consequently, there is a real danger that disasters will occur. There were collisions just last winter: ships crashed into one another. The decommissioning of single-hull vessels must not be delayed to the extent it appears to be. From our point of view, the situation is such that this should be done right away, and not in several years’ time. The Baltic Sea should also have special zones which these ships could traverse only with the protection of an escort, for example a pilot ship, with oil slick control facilities. There should also be help from breakers, which many vessels on their way to Russian ports never had at all, not to speak of merchant ships, which sailed there amid the ice for weeks without this help. We need more support and action from the Commission. I support the establishment of a temporary committee of inquiry to deal with this matter."@en1

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