SHIP SOURCE POLLUTION
February 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLSHIPOWNERS and operators who carelessly pollute the seas off the European Union (EU) may be fined heavily, or even imprisoned, under a new directive on ship source pollution approved by the European Parliament yesterday (23/2). MEPs accepted an informal deal on this legislation thrashed out last week with the EU Council of Ministers and the European Commission. Until now, the council's member states have been unwilling to agree the law, claiming criminal sanctions were their exclusive competence. But faced with the serious cross-border ...
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