Safety management of roll-on/roll-off (Ro-ro) passenger ferries

Adopting the recommendation for second reading by Mr WATTS (PSE, UK), the European Parliament approved the Council's common position with the following amendments in which Parliament: - re-tabled an amendment requiring the validity of the document of compliance to be checked every year rather than every 30 months as recommended by the Council; - restored the advisory committee procedure rather than the regulatory committee provided for by the Council. At the same time, it stipulated that a roll-on roll-off ferry should not be allowed to operate as soon as there was a serious "threat" of danger (rather than a serious "risk"). Once the danger (not the risk) had been removed the operating suspension could be revoked.�