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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7811

2 October 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/maritime transport
Council agreement on timetable for phasing out single hull oil tankers by 2015 - Unanimity on aims but divergence over means, concerning maritime safety

Luxembourg, 02/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Transport Council defined on Monday in Luxembourg its "common position" on the phasing out of single hull oil tankers, a position that the EU will defend before the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which is meeting all this week in London. The transport ministers thus reached a compromise on the three measures proposed in March for enhancing maritime safety. They then expressed their position during a public debate on the new measures...

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