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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9639

10 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/maritime policy
Piecyk Report recommends ambitious measures to tackle climate change

Brussels, 09/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's transport and tourism committee is calling for serious measures to tackle climate change and pollution caused by ships. Adopting an own initiative report on Tuesday 8 April by Willi Piecyk (PES, Germany) on the EU's maritime policy by 42 votes in favour and one abstention, the committee 'takes the overall view, however, that the Action Plan includes too few practical measures and encourages the Commission to be more ambitious...

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