Brussels, 23/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 23 November, the Commission adopted a package of seven legislative proposals known as "Erika III", which aims to reinforce the security of maritime transport in Europe, by reducing risks of accidents and pollution of Community waters by dint of better accident prevention and increased controls on vessel quality. After the ecological disasters caused by the shipwrecks of the oil tanker Erika in 1999 and of the Prestige in 2002, the European Union has...