BORG – IMO
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE SECRETARY General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has asked in a face-to-face meeting that new European Union (EU) fisheries and maritime affairs Commissoner Joe Borg secure widespread EU ratification of two IMO safety conventions. These are the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol for the Safety of Fishing Vessels and the 1995 International Convention on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel. Both international treaties, whose negotiation was achieved with EU help, are not yet in force because of a ...
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