Traduction de «naviguer sur des eaux dangereuses » (Français → Anglais) :

The material standards in all Member States for discharges of polluting substances from ships are based upon the Marpol 73/78 Convention; however these rules are being ignored on a daily basis by a very large number of ships sailing in Community waters, without corrective action being taken.

I would like to insist, however, on something: despite all the measures this Parliament has wished to implement in the European Union to prevent any similar accident, if today we had a case such as the Prestige, we would run the same risk; because the Prestige was not entering or leaving any of the European Union’s ports: it was simply passing through our Community waters, and we have not yet got to grips with this, that is to say, we have not taken any decision to control ‘floating dustbins’ – such as the Prestige – which sail through our waters on a daily basis, and this is a challenge which we still have before us and whic ...[+++]h we must deal with if we want to prevent unfortunate accidents such as the Prestige in the future.

I would like to insist, however, on something: despite all the measures this Parliament has wished to implement in the European Union to prevent any similar accident, if today we had a case such as the Prestige, we would run the same risk; because the Prestige was not entering or leaving any of the European Union’s ports: it was simply passing through our Community waters, and we have not yet got to grips with this, that is to say, we have not taken any decision to control ‘floating dustbins’ – such as the Prestige – which sail through our waters on a daily basis, and this is a challenge which we still have before us and whic ...[+++]h we must deal with if we want to prevent unfortunate accidents such as the Prestige in the future.

8. Calls on the European Union to introduce extraordinary measures to prevent dangerous vessels such as the 'Prestige' from using Community waters; calls, further, for the prompt application of the new rules banning vessels not fitted with double hulls from Community waters and, if necessary, for a revision of those rules with a view to tightening up the timetable for the phasing-out of single-hull vessels;

However, now, 35 years on, I have met friends who used to sail with me again and they tell me that everything is different now, for the ships that sail the seas of Europe are now manned by Indonesian and Colombian seafarers and seafarers from all the world’s poor States, and their wages are a maximum of EUR 100/150 per month, that is less than 10% of the wages of European seafarers.

(e)civilian crew of ships navigating in international inland waters.