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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10831

20 April 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
European Parliament refuses demolition fund for scrapping ships

Brussels, 19/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament wants to end the scrapping of old ships anywhere other than in EU-approved facilities that are safe for workers and ecologically sound. Nonetheless, MEPs did not endorse the idea of a recycling fund financed by a levy imposed on any ship using an EU port. After giving its stance in Strasbourg, on Thursday 18 April, on the proposal to revise the EU regulation on the dismantling of ships as proposed by the Commission one year ago...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS