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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7662

24 February 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/maritime transport
Bowman report proposes that the plenary amend the Council's common position on the proposal for a directive on preventing the emptying of tanks at sea (relating to fee system)

Brussels, 23/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament Committee on Transport adopted by a slim margin on Tuesday the report by Theo Bowman (Greens, Netherlands) on the processing of maritime waste, to be put before the plenary on 13 March. On that date, Parliament will be stating its view at second reading on a directive whose goal is to prevent vessels from emptying their tanks at sea by obliging them to dispose of waste in port facilities that will have to be provided in each EU...

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