Activities of Kartika Tamara LIOTARD related to 2007/2279(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Green Paper on better ship dismantling (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas on various shores in Southern Asia and elsewhere enormous seagoing ships are dismantled under working conditions which are environmentally damaging and harmful to peopleumanly degrading; whereas some of these ships originate in the EU,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to propose practical measures – a set of rules on dismantling of end-of-life ships – whereby only decontaminated ships (free of chemical and asbestos components) can be taken to third countries for dismantling; a decontaminated ship can be taken to a third country for dismantling only if it can be demonstrated that scrapping is not possible within the EU;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to implement as a matter of urgency an effective system of practical controls for: - the rules on end-of-life ships destined for scrapping, - decontamination of ships destined for scrapping, - the requirement to provide proof that dismantling or scrapping of these ships is not possible in the EU, and - the requirement that only decontaminated ships (free from chemical and asbestos components) are taken to a third country for scrapping;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to implement as a matter of urgency a reliable system of checks on the application of the Basel Convention on ships destined for scrapping;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a . Takes the view that the ship's operator/owner is always responsible for any harmful effects of the dismantling on workers, public health or the environment, regardless of where the dismantling takes place (inside or outside the EU);