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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8185

5 April 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Commissioner de Palacio says shipping safety legislation "almost complete" with publication of new proposals on ferry stability

Brussels, 04/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The risk of accidents like the Estonia in 1994 and the Express Samina in 2000 and their tragic consequences can be drastically reduced "if stability requirements for roll-on roll-off passenger ships are heightened and harmonised across Europe" noted the European Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio on Thursday when she presented the new shipping safety package adopted by the European Commission last week (see EUROPE of 29 March, p.9) to reporters....

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