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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10877

29 June 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Informal agreement on recycling of old ships

Brussels, 28/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - An informal trialogue agreement was reached during the evening of 26 June on the draft revision of the regulation relating to the dismantling of old ships registered in Europe in order to ensure that, in future, this is done only in facilities that are not only safe for the workers but also environmentally rational, and that the substances on board each EU ship are identified so that they receive appropriate processing around the world. The aim is to...