SEA SAFETY COMMITTEE
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Parliament (EP) is expected early next month to approve the creation of a special investigative committee tasked with improving maritime safety standards. The parliament's Conference of Presidents (a committee of party leaders and top officials) will propose the creation of the temporary committee, at the EP's next plenary session - on November 5 and 6. The planned 44 member committee's main task over the next six months would be to examine in detail maritime disasters - especially the Prestige, the Erika and other recent accidents - ...
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