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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reduction of atmospheric emissions from ships2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031203.14.3-179"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-03-Speech-3-1802
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique F.C. Souchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-11-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as regards the subject of the Directive, one cannot disagree with the need to reduce atmospheric emissions of sulphur caused by maritime transport, which must agree to make the same efforts as land-based transport in this respect. Granite areas are particularly vulnerable to the phenomenon of acidification caused by these sulphur emissions and must therefore receive priority treatment. We must ensure, however, that we do not penalise our own shipowners by laying down standards that do not give sufficient consideration to the international nature of maritime transport. In this area, as in many others, the Union is only an intermediary. The relevant forum for pushing forward the regulations is in this case the IMO. That is why we are in favour of the measures to limit the maximum sulphur content of marine fuels used in the North Sea, the English Channel and the Baltic Sea as they are in line with the ceilings laid down by the IMO/Marpol Convention. There could also be extensions in this area if defined within the IMO framework. We do not believe, however, that the rapporteur’s additional proposals on the two other aspects of the Directive concerning the levels applicable to passenger ships and ships in ports are appropriate. They do not integrate the need to proceed gradually in these fields in order to take account of the heavy technical constraints imposed on our shipowners by these new guidelines, nor the need to develop these emission reductions within the framework of the IMO, which seems ready to act. On the contrary, they give rise to discrimination that could harm European interests."@en1

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