Community ports: vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods (amend. Directive 93/75/EEC)

The Commission's amended proposal took account of Parliament's amendments relating to: - the amendment of the first article of the draft directive, as this would facilitate subsequent amendments to the annexes to the directive under the committee procedure provided for by Directive 93/75/EC, with a view to taking account of future amendments of the International Maritime Organisation's INF code for the safe carriage of irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive waste in flasks on board ships; - the amendment of Annex I on the requirement to inform the port state authorities of the number of crew on board. However, the Commission did not accept the amendments that did not come under the scope of the directive or that related to situations that were already covered in other legislative proposals. These included: - the amendment aimed at banning the transport of radioactive material on board ships carrying passengers; - the amendment stipulating that radioactive material may only be transported in containers meeting the latest IAEA standards; - the addition to the list of information included in Annex I of Directive 93/75/EEC involving various safety requirements and emergency measures relating to the carriage of radioactive material; - the extension of the notification requirements to cover vessels in transit; - the requirement for passenger ships carrying dangerous goods to possess a list of the passengers on board; - the requirement for Member States to systematically forward any information they receive to the relevant authorities in the other Member States involved. �