The first meeting of the interinstitutional negotiations ('trilogues') on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, which took place in Brussels on Tuesday 6 November and brought together representatives of the European Parliament and the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU, took place in a calm atmosphere, with negotiators hoping to complete the dossier before the end of the year.
These trilogues echo the European Commission's January proposal (see EUROPE...