Traduction de «dommage causé délibérément » (Français → Anglais) :

Concerning the suggestion of the honourable Member to establish a fund to provide compensation for damage caused by deliberate acts or negligence, and financed by operators of installations entailing environmental risks, it has to be noted that it is up to the Commission to consider the possible options in light of the present accident, including the option to enable liable operators to bear the full costs of major accidents.

I quote: ‘Where a continuing activity proves after a lapse of time to give rise to environmental damage which may in turn give rise to criminal liability under this Directive, the question whether or not the perpetrator of the damage acted intentionally or negligently should be determined by reference to the time when the perpetrator became aware, or should have been aware, of the facts constituting the offence and not to the time when the perpetrator commenced its activity. It should be borne in mind in this connection that the prior grant of an authorisation, licence or concession should not constitute a defence in such circumstances’.

I have to read this declaration and I quote: ‘The Commission took note of the following amendment adopted in the Committee on Legal Affairs: “Where a continuing activity proves after a lapse of time to give rise to environmental damage which may in turn give rise to criminal liability under this Directive, the question whether or not the perpetrator of the damage acted intentionally or negligently should be determined by reference to the time when the perpetrator became aware, or should have been aware, of the facts constituting the offence and not to the time when the perpetrator commenced its activity.

“Where a continuing activity proves after a lapse of time to give rise to environmental damage which may in turn give rise to criminal liability under this Directive, the question whether or not the perpetrator of the damage acted intentionally or negligently should be determined by reference to the time when the perpetrator became aware, or should have been aware, of the facts constituting the offence and not to the time when the perpetrator commenced its activity. It should be borne in mind in this connection that the prior grant of an authorisation, licence or concession should not constitute a defence in such circumstances”.

1. The Parties hereby agree that, with respect to activities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, no Party shall make any claim against any other Party with respect to injury or death of its employees, or any person acting on its behalf, or with respect to damage of any kind to or loss of its property, caused by any of the Parties, whether such injury, death, damage or loss arises through negligence or otherwise, except in the case of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

The motion before us seeks to address this issue and repair some of the damage caused by the amounts of abuse to parliamentary procedure in the debating system.