09/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the European Parliament will examine, in first reading, a draft regulation and Directive for the creation of a "maritime safety committee" that will replace all the existing committee existing in this field. The creation of the committee should rationalise the Council's works, in this field which presently counts twelve Directives and three regulations, recalls the rapporteur, Emmanouil Bakopoulos (GUE/NGL, Greece). It will notably be responsible for...