Strasbourg, 18/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The adoption of Directives on maritime safety, proposed in March 2000 by the European Commission after the sinking of the Erika tanker in France, should be delayed by the opening of a conciliation procedure between the European Parliament and Council.
In fact, the European Parliament re-introduced amendments that the Council had refused, by adopting, on Wednesday in second reading, the reports by Josu Ortuondo Larrea (Greens/ALE, Spanish) on...