Brussels, 24/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is expected to adopt on 23 March a Communication on maritime safety, as requested by the Council and the European Parliament, following the running aground of the Erika oil tanker. Next week, the Commission will be consulting industrialists, shipbuilders and Member States over the Preliminary Drafts of three Directives it had informally submitted to them on measures to strengthen current legislation in terms of the inspection of...