During a second inter-institutional negotiation meeting ('trilogues'), representatives of the European Parliament and the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union reached a provisional political agreement on Monday evening, 11 February, in respect of the repeal of Directive 2005/45/EC and the amendment of Directive 2008/106/EC regarding the minimum level of training for seafarers.
This agreement is in response to a proposal from the European Commission of last 24 May, in...