Community ports: vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods (amend. Directive 93/75/EEC)
1996/0231(SYN)
In adopting the recommendation for second reading by Mr Alfonso NOVO BELENGUER (ARE,
E), Parliament approved the common position whose purpose was:
- to include within the scope of the 1993 Directive requirements for vessels carrying irradiated
nuclear fuel, plutonium and highly radioactive waste;
- to supplement the information provided to port authorities by inserting additional information in
the technical annexes;
- to facilitate the future amendment of the annexes by means of the commitology procedure.
Parliament stated that the changes must not weaken the provisions concerning safety and protection
of the marine environment.
It called for operators of vessels transporting dangerous or polluting goods whilst transiting through
the territorial waters of the Community without stopping at a Community port to notify their route
to the coastal Member States en route before beginning the voyage.
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