Brussels, 06/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Further to the sinking of the oil-tanker Erika on 12 December off the French coast, the director for maritime transport at the European Commission, Georgette Lalis, called on Italian authorities to verify the quality of controls made on the Erika, in May 1999, in Porto Torres in Italy. She called for information to be provided by the company which carried out the inspection.
Maritime security is governed by international conventions, and the EU has...