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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8624

16 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/shipping
EP to make it easier to change boat registration within EU

Brussels, 15/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is in favour of the idea of making it easier to change the registration of boats under a Community flag within the EU, but has rejected the idea of assing the EU emblem (the twelve stars) to the flags of ships flying the flag of the Member States. This idea, which was put forward in two amendments by the Parliament's transport committee "with a view to better identification", was overwhelmingly rejected on Tuesday (369 against,...

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