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"It is scandalous that we have had to wait for the loss of the before adopting more or less constraining directives with a view finally to applying rules dating back thirty years. It is no less scandalous that the victims of previous losses, such as that of the are not always properly compensated and that the oil corporation, Total, which is responsible for the loss, is cynical enough to claim compensation for pumping costs. Some amendments are designed to water down the Commission’s wordings on the pretext of avoiding a witch hunt against the captains and crews. This is all very well, but why are the directives only aimed at the latter? Why not implicate the people who are really responsible, namely those who organise the shipments? Why not prevent them from causing harm by applying genuinely dissuasive sanctions, for, if ships are able to sail under flags of convenience and if determining who owns them is sometimes a real headache, the big companies that profit from these shipments, notably the oil corporations, are, for their part, perfectly identifiable. It is against these groups that the most severe measures should be taken in order to prevent the race for profits leading to collective tragedies."@en1

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