IMO CODE SLOWNESS
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is continuing its slow deliberations over the writing of the International Maritime Organisation maritime security code into EU law. The European Parliament this month (Nov) "heavily amended" the legislation, insisting, for example, that the code applies to EU domestic shipping by July 2005. They also voted that government funding code reforms should not break EU competition rules, leading transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio to order a study the sharing of costs between public authorities, ship and port operators.
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is continuing its slow deliberations over the writing of the International Maritime Organisation maritime security code into EU law. The European Parliament this month (Nov) "heavily amended" the legislation, insisting, for example, that the code applies to EU domestic shipping by July 2005. They also voted that government funding code reforms should not break EU competition rules, leading transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio to order a study the sharing of costs between public authorities, ship and port operators.
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