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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Containers lost at sea and compensation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101021.4.4-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-21-Speech-4-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique Riquet2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2009-09-01--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire - Parti Radical (2009-07-14--2012-01-10)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as Mr Simpson pointed out, several thousand containers are lost each year in European waters, and they pose a very significant risk on two counts: they pose a pollution risk, which has been widely discussed, but also, because a number of them do not sink but often float between two bodies of water in which they are difficult to locate, they pose a major risk to the safe passage of ships, whether they be cargo ships or, in particular, the smallest fishing or recreational vessels. The result, as we know, is serious accidents that endanger human lives. This is therefore an extremely serious problem, and the Commission seems to be saying that either it does not have the information to act, or it believes that, in view of the existing arrangements, certain measures must be applied. In reality, that is not the case: nothing whatsoever is being done about this situation. We therefore want real measures to be proposed. We want preventive measures, by which I mean measures relating to container loading and stowage methods and to the scope to build into containers – and this can be done in satisfactory economic conditions – a beacon that will enable lost containers to be located and, therefore, either avoided by vessels – thus saving human lives – or retrieved if they contain toxic substances. In the event that toxic or highly toxic substances are present, this beacon must also be able to emit an agreed signal to enable the environmental risk to be anticipated and contained. Lastly, this beacon must be of use in identifying the owners of containers, since there is a real issue of liability that has been raised in the oral question. Indeed, not knowing who the owners are and not being able, in fact, to identify and locate containers means that nothing can be established with regard to recovery and compensation for damage. We strongly urge the Commission not to just conclude that we do not have the resources or that the existing resources are sufficient, because that is not the case: there is an issue of environmental safety, but there are also lives at stake, and we must remember that."@en1
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