Maritime tranport and safety: transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers within the Community

The committee adopted the report by Bernard POIGNANT (PES, F) approving the proposal under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure, subject to just a few amendments: - for improved identification, ships registered in a Member State should display the EU emblem in a corner of their flags; - to ensure proper monitoring by Parliament and the Council, the Commission should report to them, within 4 years, on the implementation of the regulation, partly on the basis of the reports submitted by the Member States. The Commission's report should assess whether the regulation needs to be amended.�