MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) discussed, on Tuesday 19 September, the draft report by Marian-Jean Marinescu (EPP, Romanian) on ship-source pollution and the introduction of penalties, particularly criminal penalties, for pollution offences. They want to amend the text, but are held back by the lack of visibility regarding international rules.
Presented in June (see EUROPE B13192A18), this revision of the directive is intended to transpose into...