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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8846

11 December 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/justice
Agreement on criminalisation of marine pollution

Brussels, 10/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The 25 reached agreement on criminal sanctions for marine pollution, at the price of having to curtail some of the ambitions of the text. On Thursday, the ambassadors reached an unexpected agreement on this framework decision at Coreper, which had previously been blocked by Greece, Cyprus and Malta. The agreement of these three countries was made possible by the following concession: there will be no possibility of imprisonment if pollution is caused by...

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