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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8371

4 January 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/maritime safety
Prodi-Chirac meeting - Commission proposals on accident liability - Minister George Anomeritis meets with Commissioners de Palacio and Vitorino

Brussels, 03/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following a new accident on Wednesday night, when the Turkish tanker "Vicky" (transporting 70,000 tonnes of kerosene) collides with the sunken carrier Tricolor (a Norwegian ship that sank off the French coast on 15 December), President Chirac and Romano Prodi discussed the issue of maritime safety on Thursday. The French President and the President of the European Commission agreed on the need to clarify legal responsibility for maritime accidents and...

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