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

In adopting the report by Mr Alfonso Novo Belenguer, (ARE; ES) the European Parliament amended the Commission proposal, calling in particular for : - a ban on radioactive material of any type being transported on board ships carrying passengers; - all vessels transporting dangerous or polluting goods, even if not stopping at a Community port, to notify the coastal Member States on route, before beginning the voyage, of all information listed in Annex 1. Concerning the transport of dangerous substances by passenger vessels, Parliament proposes tighter controls on the transportation of such materials with passengers in Community waters, and an obligation for ship-owners and ships' masters to notify the Post State authorities of the number of crew members and to publish a passenger list. �