Activites

• 2004/08/06 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2004/575
  • OJ L 261 06.08.2004, p. 0040-0040
• #2579
• 2004/04/29 Council Meeting
• 2004/04/29 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2004/04/29 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2004/02/10 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0067/2004 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Caroline JACKSON (EPP-ED, United Kingdom) approving the conclusion of the Protocol.�

• 2004/01/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0050/2004
• 2003/11/05 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/10/09 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0588 summary

    PURPOSE : to ratify the Protocol to the Barcelona convention, concerning cooperation to prevent pollution by ships and, in cases of emergency, to combat pollution of the Mediterranean. PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision. CONTENT : The EC is a Contracting Party to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention). It has also concluded four other Protocols adopted in the context of the Convention. In 1997, in the context of revising and improving the legal instruments of the Action Plan the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention adopted a Resolution on a Regional Strategy on Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment by Ships. The Resolution included a decision to amend the Emergencies Protocol. The intention was to broaden the scope of the agreement from simply setting out arrangements for cooperation in coping with pollution incidents to also cover working together to prevent, reduce and control pollution. On 15 January 2002 the Commission made a proposal to the Council on the signature of the new Protocol, providing the final text was consistent with Community legislation in the field. During the final negotiations, the Community was able to achieve significant further progress on the outstanding issue concerning inclusion of new elements from Community legislation on safety at sea and the prevention of marine pollution, as follows: - a strengthening of the text so that certain obligations on each Party are not restricted to requiring masters of ships flying its flag to undertake certain actions. Instead each Party must also take appropriate measures with a view to ensuring that the master of every ship sailing in its territorial waters complies with the same obligations. - progress was also made to better reflect Community law on port reception facilities for dealing with wastes; - the role of the Community in implementing international maritime safety standards was explicitly recognised in the preamble to the Protocol. As the Protocol is the result of multi-lateral negotiations, it does not incorporate all of the requirements of EC legislation at the time of signature. Furthermore, since the date of signature of the Protocol, and in the aftermath of the Prestige accident, the Community has continued its activity to strengthen and enhance its action in the area of preventing and combating pollution from ships. The Community legislation is therefore now stronger than the requirements of the Protocol. This situation is specifically foreseen and the Protocol provides for parties to have the right to adopt more stringent pertinent internal measures. The Commission will monitor the implementation of the Protocol to ensure continued consistency with the pertinent Community legislation. The Protocol should be ratified.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/', 'title': 'Environment'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0588
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0050/2004
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0067/2004
• : Decision 2004/575
• : OJ L 261 06.08.2004, p. 0040-0040

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)