Brussels, 17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Dominique Vlasto, MEP (EPP-ED, France) and rapporteur on the proposal for a directive on inspections regarding the state of registration within the third maritime package “Erika III” (see EUROPE 9412), welcomed the verdict pronounced on 16 January on the Erika oil-spill affair after the vessel was wrecked at sea. In a press release published the same day, she said: “After waiting for 8 years, the victims of the oil spill from the Erika have at...