Brussels, 08/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to Italy for failure to correctly implement Council Directive 1999/35/EC on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services. The directive provides for certain verifications (inter alia, carriage of valid certificates, compliance with standards for classification) to be performed by Member States prior to the start of...