2000/0326(COD)

Oil pollution: fund for damage compensation in European waters, package Erika II

Awaiting Council 1st reading position / budgetary conciliation convocation

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2000/0326(COD) Oil pollution: fund for damage compensation in European waters, package Erika II

Role	Committee	Rapporteur
Opinion	BUDG
Opinion	ENVI	VACHETTA Roseline (GUE/NGL)
Opinion	ITRE	VLASTO Dominique (PPE-DE)
Lead	RETT	ESCLOPÉ Alain (EDD)
Lead	TRAN

Lead committee dossier: RETT/5/14124
Legal Basis TFEU TFEU 100-p2, TFEU TFEU 192-p1

Subjects

3.70.05 Marine and coastal pollution, pollution from ships, oil pollution

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#2629
2004/12/09 Council Meeting
2002/06/12 Modified legislative proposal
- OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E
- COM(2002)0313 summary
  
  The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary.
- DG {u'url': u'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm', u'title': u'Mobility and Transport'}, KALLAS Siim
#2364
2001/06/27 Council Meeting
2001/06/14 Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E
- T5-0336/2001 summary
  
  The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House.
2001/06/13 Committee of the Regions: opinion
- CDR0050/2001
- OJ C 357 14.12.2001, p. 0001
2001/06/13 Debate in Parliament
2001/05/30 Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
- OJ C 221 07.08.2001, p. 0054
- CES0706/2001
2001/05/29 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
- A5-0201/2001
- BUDG
- ENVI VACHETTA Roseline GUE/NGL
- ITRE VLASTO Dominique PPE-DE
- RETT RETT/5/14124 ESCLOPÉ Alain EDD
- TRAN
2001/04/19 Committee draft report
- PE301.801
#X014
2001/04/05 Council Meeting
2001/01/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- BUDG
- ENVI VACHETTA Roseline GUE/NGL
- ITRE VLASTO Dominique PPE-DE
- RETT RETT/5/14124 ESCLOPÉ Alain EDD
- TRAN
#2324
2000/12/20 Council Meeting
#2321
2000/12/18 Council Meeting
2000/12/06 Legislative proposal
- COM(2000)0802 summary
  
  PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability.
- DG {u'url': u'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm', u'title': u'Mobility and Transport'}, KALLAS Siim

Documents

Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0802
Committee draft report: PE301.801
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0201/2001
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 221 07.08.2001, p. 0054
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0706/2001
Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0050/2001
Committee of the Regions: opinion: OJ C 357 14.12.2001, p. 0001
Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0336/2001
Modified legislative proposal: OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E
Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0313

History

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

2013-04-15

activities/0	added	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(2000)0802 type Legislative proposal body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim
activities/1	added	date 2000-12-18 body CSL type Council Meeting council Environment meeting_id 2321
activities/2	added	body CSL meeting_id 2324 text At the end of a wide-ranging discussion the Council gave its agreement to common positions on the Directive on ship inspection organisations and the Directive on port State control. Moreover, in response to the request by the Nice European Council to adopt provisions on maritime safety as soon as possible, the Council and the Commission reaffirm their determination that satisfactory Community provisions on the accelerated phasing out of single-hull tankers will be adopted by the end of June 2001. Furthermore, the Council took note of the Commission's submission of its "second ERIKA package" and of delegations' comments on it. At the end of its discussions on maritime safety, the Council adopted the following conclusions: - notes the commitment by Member States to intensify their efforts, in the framework of Port State Control, by henceforth increasing the number of inspections, where these are insufficient, and their efficiency, and by targeting ships with the highest risk, such as gas and chemical tankers over 10 years of age, bulk carriers over 12 years of age and oil tankers and passenger ships over 15 years of age not covered by Directive 99/35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Council's common position. It emphasises the need to properly implement and enforce Port State Control obligations and the need to harmonise such controls at a high level in the Community. It - - welcomes the prospect of being able to ban sub-standard ships from Community ports as from the entry into force of the necessary legal instrument; underlines the need to ensure a proper and, as far as possible, global regime for liability and compensation in cases of pollution damage resulting from contamination by petroleum products or other noxious and hazardous substances transported by ship; - calls on Member States to pursue their joint cooperation efforts with a view to increasing the quality and availability of information on maritime traffic by submitting appropriate proposals to the IMO and by setting up a regional information system between their processing centres in order to make as effective as possible the procedures for maritime traffic surveillance and for the prevention of risks to shipping and the environment; - invites the Commission to draw up regularly an inventory of the international and Community provisions of maritime social legislation applied by Member States. council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date 2000-12-20 type Council Meeting
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activities/3/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_FR.pdf text La proposition modifiée de la Commission retient certains des amendements du Parlement, qui clarifient le texte ou la portée du règlement, ou en améliorent la rédaction. De même, plusieurs amendements complètent utilement le texte. Ces modifications portent sur la clarification de la nature et du fonctionnement du fonds COPE, ses liens avec le fonds FIPOL, la possibilité de verser des avances aux sinistrés et la préparation d'un rapport sur les progrès réalisés pour améliorer le régime international de responsabilité et d'indemnisation dans le domaine du transport maritime. La Commission ne peut toutefois pas accepter les amendements visant à : - étendre la portée du fonds COPE pour couvrir d'autres formes de pollution que la pollution par les hydrocarbures provenant des pétroliers; - imposer aux propriétaires de navires l'obligation de verser une partie de l'indemnisation; - proposer d'accroître la participation et le rôle des élus locaux des régions polluées dans les procédures du comité du fonds COPE, comité de gestion au sens de l'article 4 de la décision 1999/468/CE; - réduire d'un an à six mois la période de collecte des contributions au fonds COPE; - définir le terme "hydrocarbures de soute". celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Publication de la proposition législative modifiée title COM(2002)0313
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activities/6/text/0	changed	Old La commission a adopté le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) qui approuve la proposition dans les grandes lignes, sous réserve d'un certain nombre d'amendements (procédure de codécision, 1ère lecture). Si la commission se félicite, en principe, de cette proposition, elle veut rendre les règles plus sévères. Par exemple, elle estime que tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport d'hydrocarbures devraient verser une contribution financière, et pas uniquement ceux à qui sont livrés des hydrocarbures comme le propose la Commission. La commission a en particulier estimé que les propriétaires des navires, qui portent la responsabilité première pour l'état de leurs bâtiments, devaient également être tenus pour responsables. À cette fin, tout navire croisant dans les eaux territoriales ou dans les zones maritimes d'intérêt économique européennes devra être en mesure de prouver qu'il est couvert par une garantie financière ou, dans le cas contraire, s'acquitter d'une forte amende financière. New The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty.
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activities/8/text	deleted	A l'issue d'un débat approfondi, le Conseil a marqué son accord sur des positions communes sur la directive relative aux organismes d'inspection des navires et sur celle relative au contrôle des navires par l'Etat du port. De plus, afin de répondre à l'invitation du Conseil européen de Nice d'adopter, dans les plus brefs délais, des dispositions en matière de sécurité maritime, le Conseil et la Commission affirment leur détermination à ce que soient adoptées d'ici la fin juin 2001 des dispositions communautaires satisfaisantes en matière de retrait accéléré des pétroliers à simple coque. Le Conseil a, en outre, pris note de la présentation par la Commission de son "deuxième paquet ERIKA", ainsi que des interventions des délégations à ce sujet. Dans ses conclusions, le Conseil a : - pris note de l'engagement des États membres d'accroître leurs efforts, dans le cadre du contrôle de l'État du port, en augmentant dès à présent le nombre des contrôles ainsi que leur efficacité et en les ciblant sur les navires présentant le plus de risques tels que les navires-citernes pour gaz et produits chimiques de plus de dix ans, les vraquiers de plus de douze ans ainsi que les pétroliers et les navires à passagers de plus de quinze ans. Il accueille par ailleurs favorablement la perspective de pouvoir bannir les navires sous normes des ports de la Communauté dès l'entrée en vigueur de l'instrument juridique adéquat; - souligné la nécessité d'assurer un régime adéquat et, autant que possible, global de responsabilité et d'indemnisation pour les dommages causées à la suite d'une contamination par des produits pétroliers ou d'autres substances dangereuses et polluantes, transportés par mer; - invité les États membres à poursuivre leur effort de coopération en vue d'accroître la qualité et la fluidité des informations disponibles sur le trafic en présentant des propositions appropriées à l'OMI et en mettant en place un système régional d'information entre leurs centres de traitement afin d'optimiser les procédures de surveillance de la circulation maritime et la prévention des risques pour la navigation et l'environnement; - invité la Commission à dresser régulièrement un état des lieux des dispositions internationales et communautaires du droit social maritime appliqué par les États membres.
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activities/9/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text OBJECTIF : améliorer les régimes de responsabilité et de compensation des dommages de pollution causés par les navires. CONTENU : la présente proposition de règlement fait partie du deuxième train de mesures communautaires en matière de sécurité maritime suite au naufrage du pétrolier ERIKA (un premier paquet de mesures législatives, en cours d'adoption, a été proposé par la Commission le 21 mars 2000). La proposition de la Commission complète le système international actuel à deux niveaux concernant la responsabilité et la compensation des dommages résultant des pollutions provoquées par les pétroliers, en créant un fonds européen supplémentaire, le fonds COPE, destiné à dédommager les victimes des marées noires dans les eaux européennes. Le fonds COPE indemnisera seulement les victimes dont les plaintes auront été jugées justifiées, mais qui n'auront pas été en mesure d'obtenir une indemnisation complète dans le cadre du régime international en raison de la hauteur insuffisante des plafonds de compensation (ces plafonds s'élèvent actuellement à 200 millions d'euros). Les indemnités accordées par le fonds COPE seront basées sur les mêmes règles que celles appliquées dans le système international actuel, mais avec un plafond fixé à 1 milliard d'euros. Le fonds COPE pourrait aussi être utilisé pour accélérer l'indemnisation complète des victimes de pollution. Le fonds COPE sera financé par les entreprises européennes réceptionnant les hydrocarbures. Toute personne qui, dans un État membre, reçoit plus de 150.000 tonnes de pétrole brut et/ou de fuel lourd par an devra payer sa contribution au fonds COPE en proportion des quantités de pétrole reçues. Le fonds COPE ne sera activé qu'en cas d'accident dans les eaux de l'Union européenne et si le plafond maximum prévu par le fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures est dépassé, ou menace d'être dépassé. Outre les dispositions en matière de responsabilité, le règlement proposé prévoit l'application de sanctions financières pour négligence grave imputable à toute personne associée au transport d'hydrocarbures par la voie maritime. Cette sanction sera imposée par les États membres en dehors du régime de la responsabilité et de l'indemnisation et ne sera donc pas affectée par une éventuelle limitation des responsabilités. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Publication de la proposition législative title COM(2000)0802
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activities/10/docs	added	type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T5-0336/2001
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activities/11/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text En adoptant le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPÉ (EDD, F), le Parlement européen a renforcé la proposition par l'adoption d'un certain nombre d'amendements proposés par la commission au fond (se reporter au résumé précédent). En dépit d'une forte oppposition de la commissaire Mme DE PALACIO, il a été décidé que le règlement devrait également couvrir les hydrocarbures de soute et les substances dangereuses et nocives, étant donné que ni la Convention internationale de 2001 (pollution par les hydrocarbures de soute) ni la Convention internationale de 1996 (substances nocives et dangereuses) ne sont opérationnelles. En outre, le fond COPE devrait prévoir des dispositions concernant des prépaiements dans un délai de six mois. Enfin, tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport des hydrocarbures y compris les propriétaires des navires devraient être contributeurs aux fonds de compensation. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T5-0336/2001
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activities/12	added	date 2002-06-12 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:227E:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_EN.pdf text The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary. celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Modified legislative proposal published title COM(2002)0313 type Modified legislative proposal body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim
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activities/0	deleted	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(2000)0802 body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim type Legislative proposal
activities/0/body	changed	Old CSL New unknown
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activities/0/date	changed	Old 2001-04-05 New 2000-12-06
activities/0/docs	added	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text OBJECTIF : améliorer les régimes de responsabilité et de compensation des dommages de pollution causés par les navires. CONTENU : la présente proposition de règlement fait partie du deuxième train de mesures communautaires en matière de sécurité maritime suite au naufrage du pétrolier ERIKA (un premier paquet de mesures législatives, en cours d'adoption, a été proposé par la Commission le 21 mars 2000). La proposition de la Commission complète le système international actuel à deux niveaux concernant la responsabilité et la compensation des dommages résultant des pollutions provoquées par les pétroliers, en créant un fonds européen supplémentaire, le fonds COPE, destiné à dédommager les victimes des marées noires dans les eaux européennes. Le fonds COPE indemnisera seulement les victimes dont les plaintes auront été jugées justifiées, mais qui n'auront pas été en mesure d'obtenir une indemnisation complète dans le cadre du régime international en raison de la hauteur insuffisante des plafonds de compensation (ces plafonds s'élèvent actuellement à 200 millions d'euros). Les indemnités accordées par le fonds COPE seront basées sur les mêmes règles que celles appliquées dans le système international actuel, mais avec un plafond fixé à 1 milliard d'euros. Le fonds COPE pourrait aussi être utilisé pour accélérer l'indemnisation complète des victimes de pollution. Le fonds COPE sera financé par les entreprises européennes réceptionnant les hydrocarbures. Toute personne qui, dans un État membre, reçoit plus de 150.000 tonnes de pétrole brut et/ou de fuel lourd par an devra payer sa contribution au fonds COPE en proportion des quantités de pétrole reçues. Le fonds COPE ne sera activé qu'en cas d'accident dans les eaux de l'Union européenne et si le plafond maximum prévu par le fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures est dépassé, ou menace d'être dépassé. Outre les dispositions en matière de responsabilité, le règlement proposé prévoit l'application de sanctions financières pour négligence grave imputable à toute personne associée au transport d'hydrocarbures par la voie maritime. Cette sanction sera imposée par les États membres en dehors du régime de la responsabilité et de l'indemnisation et ne sera donc pas affectée par une éventuelle limitation des responsabilités. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Publication de la proposition législative title COM(2000)0802
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activities/1/docs	deleted	type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T5-0336/2001
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activities/2	deleted	body CSL meeting_id 2324 text At the end of a wide-ranging discussion the Council gave its agreement to common positions on the Directive on ship inspection organisations and the Directive on port State control. Moreover, in response to the request by the Nice European Council to adopt provisions on maritime safety as soon as possible, the Council and the Commission reaffirm their determination that satisfactory Community provisions on the accelerated phasing out of single-hull tankers will be adopted by the end of June 2001. Furthermore, the Council took note of the Commission's submission of its "second ERIKA package" and of delegations' comments on it. At the end of its discussions on maritime safety, the Council adopted the following conclusions: - notes the commitment by Member States to intensify their efforts, in the framework of Port State Control, by henceforth increasing the number of inspections, where these are insufficient, and their efficiency, and by targeting ships with the highest risk, such as gas and chemical tankers over 10 years of age, bulk carriers over 12 years of age and oil tankers and passenger ships over 15 years of age not covered by Directive 99/35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Council's common position. It emphasises the need to properly implement and enforce Port State Control obligations and the need to harmonise such controls at a high level in the Community. It - - welcomes the prospect of being able to ban sub-standard ships from Community ports as from the entry into force of the necessary legal instrument; underlines the need to ensure a proper and, as far as possible, global regime for liability and compensation in cases of pollution damage resulting from contamination by petroleum products or other noxious and hazardous substances transported by ship; - calls on Member States to pursue their joint cooperation efforts with a view to increasing the quality and availability of information on maritime traffic by submitting appropriate proposals to the IMO and by setting up a regional information system between their processing centres in order to make as effective as possible the procedures for maritime traffic surveillance and for the prevention of risks to shipping and the environment; - invites the Commission to draw up regularly an inventory of the international and Community provisions of maritime social legislation applied by Member States. council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date 2000-12-20 type Council Meeting
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activities/2/text	added	A l'issue d'un débat approfondi, le Conseil a marqué son accord sur des positions communes sur la directive relative aux organismes d'inspection des navires et sur celle relative au contrôle des navires par l'Etat du port. De plus, afin de répondre à l'invitation du Conseil européen de Nice d'adopter, dans les plus brefs délais, des dispositions en matière de sécurité maritime, le Conseil et la Commission affirment leur détermination à ce que soient adoptées d'ici la fin juin 2001 des dispositions communautaires satisfaisantes en matière de retrait accéléré des pétroliers à simple coque. Le Conseil a, en outre, pris note de la présentation par la Commission de son "deuxième paquet ERIKA", ainsi que des interventions des délégations à ce sujet. Dans ses conclusions, le Conseil a : - pris note de l'engagement des États membres d'accroître leurs efforts, dans le cadre du contrôle de l'État du port, en augmentant dès à présent le nombre des contrôles ainsi que leur efficacité et en les ciblant sur les navires présentant le plus de risques tels que les navires-citernes pour gaz et produits chimiques de plus de dix ans, les vraquiers de plus de douze ans ainsi que les pétroliers et les navires à passagers de plus de quinze ans. Il accueille par ailleurs favorablement la perspective de pouvoir bannir les navires sous normes des ports de la Communauté dès l'entrée en vigueur de l'instrument juridique adéquat; - souligné la nécessité d'assurer un régime adéquat et, autant que possible, global de responsabilité et d'indemnisation pour les dommages causées à la suite d'une contamination par des produits pétroliers ou d'autres substances dangereuses et polluantes, transportés par mer; - invité les États membres à poursuivre leur effort de coopération en vue d'accroître la qualité et la fluidité des informations disponibles sur le trafic en présentant des propositions appropriées à l'OMI et en mettant en place un système régional d'information entre leurs centres de traitement afin d'optimiser les procédures de surveillance de la circulation maritime et la prévention des risques pour la navigation et l'environnement; - invité la Commission à dresser régulièrement un état des lieux des dispositions internationales et communautaires du droit social maritime appliqué par les États membres.
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activities/3	deleted	date 2001-01-15 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN
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activities/3/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:227E:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_EN.pdf text The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary. celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Modified legislative proposal published title COM(2002)0313
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activities/4/text	added	La commission a adopté le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) qui approuve la proposition dans les grandes lignes, sous réserve d'un certain nombre d'amendements (procédure de codécision, 1ère lecture). Si la commission se félicite, en principe, de cette proposition, elle veut rendre les règles plus sévères. Par exemple, elle estime que tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport d'hydrocarbures devraient verser une contribution financière, et pas uniquement ceux à qui sont livrés des hydrocarbures comme le propose la Commission. La commission a en particulier estimé que les propriétaires des navires, qui portent la responsabilité première pour l'état de leurs bâtiments, devaient également être tenus pour responsables. À cette fin, tout navire croisant dans les eaux territoriales ou dans les zones maritimes d'intérêt économique européennes devra être en mesure de prouver qu'il est couvert par une garantie financière ou, dans le cas contraire, s'acquitter d'une forte amende financière.
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activities/6/date	changed	Old 2001-05-29 New 2001-06-14
activities/6/docs/0/text	added	En adoptant le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPÉ (EDD, F), le Parlement européen a renforcé la proposition par l'adoption d'un certain nombre d'amendements proposés par la commission au fond (se reporter au résumé précédent). En dépit d'une forte oppposition de la commissaire Mme DE PALACIO, il a été décidé que le règlement devrait également couvrir les hydrocarbures de soute et les substances dangereuses et nocives, étant donné que ni la Convention internationale de 2001 (pollution par les hydrocarbures de soute) ni la Convention internationale de 1996 (substances nocives et dangereuses) ne sont opérationnelles. En outre, le fond COPE devrait prévoir des dispositions concernant des prépaiements dans un délai de six mois. Enfin, tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport des hydrocarbures y compris les propriétaires des navires devraient être contributeurs aux fonds de compensation.
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activities/6/text	deleted	The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty.
activities/6/type	changed	Old Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading New Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique
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activities/7/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_FR.pdf text La proposition modifiée de la Commission retient certains des amendements du Parlement, qui clarifient le texte ou la portée du règlement, ou en améliorent la rédaction. De même, plusieurs amendements complètent utilement le texte. Ces modifications portent sur la clarification de la nature et du fonctionnement du fonds COPE, ses liens avec le fonds FIPOL, la possibilité de verser des avances aux sinistrés et la préparation d'un rapport sur les progrès réalisés pour améliorer le régime international de responsabilité et d'indemnisation dans le domaine du transport maritime. La Commission ne peut toutefois pas accepter les amendements visant à : - étendre la portée du fonds COPE pour couvrir d'autres formes de pollution que la pollution par les hydrocarbures provenant des pétroliers; - imposer aux propriétaires de navires l'obligation de verser une partie de l'indemnisation; - proposer d'accroître la participation et le rôle des élus locaux des régions polluées dans les procédures du comité du fonds COPE, comité de gestion au sens de l'article 4 de la décision 1999/468/CE; - réduire d'un an à six mois la période de collecte des contributions au fonds COPE; - définir le terme "hydrocarbures de soute". celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Publication de la proposition législative modifiée title COM(2002)0313
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activities/8/text/0	changed	Old Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005. New Au terme d'un échange de vues sur la responsabilité civile et l'indemnisation des victimes en cas de pollution en mer causée par des hydrocarbures, la présidence a arrêté les conclusions suivantes : - la Présidence rappelle ses conclusions antérieures sur la sécurité maritime, plus particulièrement celles qui ont été adoptées au lendemain de l'accident du Prestige tant par le Conseil TTE que par le Conseil européen; - elle souligne, dans l'intérêt des victimes, qu'il est nécessaire d'assurer une indemnisation adéquate des dommages liés à la pollution par les hydrocarbures causée par des navires en oeuvrant activement pour faire en sorte que la responsabilité financière effective soit supportée par ceux qui participent au transport des hydrocarbures par la voie maritime, ainsi que de procéder à la révision appropriée des dispositions pertinentes de la Convention de 1992 sur la responsabilité civile (CLC) et de la Convention internationale de 1992 portant création d'un fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures (FIPOL); - elle se félicite des discussions qui se tiennent actuellement sur le partage de la charge et encourage le secteur à les poursuivre dans l'intérêt de tous; - elle engage tous les États membres à ratifier le Protocole de mai 2003 à la Convention FIPOL sur le fonds complémentaire, s'ils ne l'ont pas déjà fait; - elle invite les États membres à rechercher une approche commune de l'UE dans la perspective de la prochaine réunion intersession du Groupe de travail FIPOL en février 2005.
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activities/0	added	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. title COM(2000)0802 type Legislative proposal published celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Legislative proposal body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim
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activities/2	added	body CSL meeting_id 2324 text At the end of a wide-ranging discussion the Council gave its agreement to common positions on the Directive on ship inspection organisations and the Directive on port State control. Moreover, in response to the request by the Nice European Council to adopt provisions on maritime safety as soon as possible, the Council and the Commission reaffirm their determination that satisfactory Community provisions on the accelerated phasing out of single-hull tankers will be adopted by the end of June 2001. Furthermore, the Council took note of the Commission's submission of its "second ERIKA package" and of delegations' comments on it. At the end of its discussions on maritime safety, the Council adopted the following conclusions: - notes the commitment by Member States to intensify their efforts, in the framework of Port State Control, by henceforth increasing the number of inspections, where these are insufficient, and their efficiency, and by targeting ships with the highest risk, such as gas and chemical tankers over 10 years of age, bulk carriers over 12 years of age and oil tankers and passenger ships over 15 years of age not covered by Directive 99/35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Council's common position. It emphasises the need to properly implement and enforce Port State Control obligations and the need to harmonise such controls at a high level in the Community. It - - welcomes the prospect of being able to ban sub-standard ships from Community ports as from the entry into force of the necessary legal instrument; underlines the need to ensure a proper and, as far as possible, global regime for liability and compensation in cases of pollution damage resulting from contamination by petroleum products or other noxious and hazardous substances transported by ship; - calls on Member States to pursue their joint cooperation efforts with a view to increasing the quality and availability of information on maritime traffic by submitting appropriate proposals to the IMO and by setting up a regional information system between their processing centres in order to make as effective as possible the procedures for maritime traffic surveillance and for the prevention of risks to shipping and the environment; - invites the Commission to draw up regularly an inventory of the international and Community provisions of maritime social legislation applied by Member States. council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date 2000-12-20 type Council Meeting
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activities/3/date	changed	Old 2002-06-12 New 2001-01-15
activities/3/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_FR.pdf text La proposition modifiée de la Commission retient certains des amendements du Parlement, qui clarifient le texte ou la portée du règlement, ou en améliorent la rédaction. De même, plusieurs amendements complètent utilement le texte. Ces modifications portent sur la clarification de la nature et du fonctionnement du fonds COPE, ses liens avec le fonds FIPOL, la possibilité de verser des avances aux sinistrés et la préparation d'un rapport sur les progrès réalisés pour améliorer le régime international de responsabilité et d'indemnisation dans le domaine du transport maritime. La Commission ne peut toutefois pas accepter les amendements visant à : - étendre la portée du fonds COPE pour couvrir d'autres formes de pollution que la pollution par les hydrocarbures provenant des pétroliers; - imposer aux propriétaires de navires l'obligation de verser une partie de l'indemnisation; - proposer d'accroître la participation et le rôle des élus locaux des régions polluées dans les procédures du comité du fonds COPE, comité de gestion au sens de l'article 4 de la décision 1999/468/CE; - réduire d'un an à six mois la période de collecte des contributions au fonds COPE; - définir le terme "hydrocarbures de soute". title COM(2002)0313 type Publication de la proposition législative modifiée celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN
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activities/6/text/0	changed	Old La commission a adopté le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) qui approuve la proposition dans les grandes lignes, sous réserve d'un certain nombre d'amendements (procédure de codécision, 1ère lecture). Si la commission se félicite, en principe, de cette proposition, elle veut rendre les règles plus sévères. Par exemple, elle estime que tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport d'hydrocarbures devraient verser une contribution financière, et pas uniquement ceux à qui sont livrés des hydrocarbures comme le propose la Commission. La commission a en particulier estimé que les propriétaires des navires, qui portent la responsabilité première pour l'état de leurs bâtiments, devaient également être tenus pour responsables. À cette fin, tout navire croisant dans les eaux territoriales ou dans les zones maritimes d'intérêt économique européennes devra être en mesure de prouver qu'il est couvert par une garantie financière ou, dans le cas contraire, s'acquitter d'une forte amende financière. New The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty.
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activities/8/text	deleted	A l'issue d'un débat approfondi, le Conseil a marqué son accord sur des positions communes sur la directive relative aux organismes d'inspection des navires et sur celle relative au contrôle des navires par l'Etat du port. De plus, afin de répondre à l'invitation du Conseil européen de Nice d'adopter, dans les plus brefs délais, des dispositions en matière de sécurité maritime, le Conseil et la Commission affirment leur détermination à ce que soient adoptées d'ici la fin juin 2001 des dispositions communautaires satisfaisantes en matière de retrait accéléré des pétroliers à simple coque. Le Conseil a, en outre, pris note de la présentation par la Commission de son "deuxième paquet ERIKA", ainsi que des interventions des délégations à ce sujet. Dans ses conclusions, le Conseil a : - pris note de l'engagement des États membres d'accroître leurs efforts, dans le cadre du contrôle de l'État du port, en augmentant dès à présent le nombre des contrôles ainsi que leur efficacité et en les ciblant sur les navires présentant le plus de risques tels que les navires-citernes pour gaz et produits chimiques de plus de dix ans, les vraquiers de plus de douze ans ainsi que les pétroliers et les navires à passagers de plus de quinze ans. Il accueille par ailleurs favorablement la perspective de pouvoir bannir les navires sous normes des ports de la Communauté dès l'entrée en vigueur de l'instrument juridique adéquat; - souligné la nécessité d'assurer un régime adéquat et, autant que possible, global de responsabilité et d'indemnisation pour les dommages causées à la suite d'une contamination par des produits pétroliers ou d'autres substances dangereuses et polluantes, transportés par mer; - invité les États membres à poursuivre leur effort de coopération en vue d'accroître la qualité et la fluidité des informations disponibles sur le trafic en présentant des propositions appropriées à l'OMI et en mettant en place un système régional d'information entre leurs centres de traitement afin d'optimiser les procédures de surveillance de la circulation maritime et la prévention des risques pour la navigation et l'environnement; - invité la Commission à dresser régulièrement un état des lieux des dispositions internationales et communautaires du droit social maritime appliqué par les États membres.
activities/8/type	changed	Old Débat au Conseil New Committee of the Regions: opinion
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activities/9/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text OBJECTIF : améliorer les régimes de responsabilité et de compensation des dommages de pollution causés par les navires. CONTENU : la présente proposition de règlement fait partie du deuxième train de mesures communautaires en matière de sécurité maritime suite au naufrage du pétrolier ERIKA (un premier paquet de mesures législatives, en cours d'adoption, a été proposé par la Commission le 21 mars 2000). La proposition de la Commission complète le système international actuel à deux niveaux concernant la responsabilité et la compensation des dommages résultant des pollutions provoquées par les pétroliers, en créant un fonds européen supplémentaire, le fonds COPE, destiné à dédommager les victimes des marées noires dans les eaux européennes. Le fonds COPE indemnisera seulement les victimes dont les plaintes auront été jugées justifiées, mais qui n'auront pas été en mesure d'obtenir une indemnisation complète dans le cadre du régime international en raison de la hauteur insuffisante des plafonds de compensation (ces plafonds s'élèvent actuellement à 200 millions d'euros). Les indemnités accordées par le fonds COPE seront basées sur les mêmes règles que celles appliquées dans le système international actuel, mais avec un plafond fixé à 1 milliard d'euros. Le fonds COPE pourrait aussi être utilisé pour accélérer l'indemnisation complète des victimes de pollution. Le fonds COPE sera financé par les entreprises européennes réceptionnant les hydrocarbures. Toute personne qui, dans un État membre, reçoit plus de 150.000 tonnes de pétrole brut et/ou de fuel lourd par an devra payer sa contribution au fonds COPE en proportion des quantités de pétrole reçues. Le fonds COPE ne sera activé qu'en cas d'accident dans les eaux de l'Union européenne et si le plafond maximum prévu par le fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures est dépassé, ou menace d'être dépassé. Outre les dispositions en matière de responsabilité, le règlement proposé prévoit l'application de sanctions financières pour négligence grave imputable à toute personne associée au transport d'hydrocarbures par la voie maritime. Cette sanction sera imposée par les États membres en dehors du régime de la responsabilité et de l'indemnisation et ne sera donc pas affectée par une éventuelle limitation des responsabilités. title COM(2000)0802 type Publication de la proposition législative celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN
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activities/10/docs	added	type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T5-0336/2001
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activities/11/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text En adoptant le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPÉ (EDD, F), le Parlement européen a renforcé la proposition par l'adoption d'un certain nombre d'amendements proposés par la commission au fond (se reporter au résumé précédent). En dépit d'une forte oppposition de la commissaire Mme DE PALACIO, il a été décidé que le règlement devrait également couvrir les hydrocarbures de soute et les substances dangereuses et nocives, étant donné que ni la Convention internationale de 2001 (pollution par les hydrocarbures de soute) ni la Convention internationale de 1996 (substances nocives et dangereuses) ne sont opérationnelles. En outre, le fond COPE devrait prévoir des dispositions concernant des prépaiements dans un délai de six mois. Enfin, tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport des hydrocarbures y compris les propriétaires des navires devraient être contributeurs aux fonds de compensation. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T5-0336/2001
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activities/12	added	date 2002-06-12 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:227E:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_EN.pdf text The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary. title COM(2002)0313 type Modified legislative proposal published celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Modified legislative proposal body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim
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activities/13/text/0	changed	Old Au terme d'un échange de vues sur la responsabilité civile et l'indemnisation des victimes en cas de pollution en mer causée par des hydrocarbures, la présidence a arrêté les conclusions suivantes : - la Présidence rappelle ses conclusions antérieures sur la sécurité maritime, plus particulièrement celles qui ont été adoptées au lendemain de l'accident du Prestige tant par le Conseil TTE que par le Conseil européen; - elle souligne, dans l'intérêt des victimes, qu'il est nécessaire d'assurer une indemnisation adéquate des dommages liés à la pollution par les hydrocarbures causée par des navires en oeuvrant activement pour faire en sorte que la responsabilité financière effective soit supportée par ceux qui participent au transport des hydrocarbures par la voie maritime, ainsi que de procéder à la révision appropriée des dispositions pertinentes de la Convention de 1992 sur la responsabilité civile (CLC) et de la Convention internationale de 1992 portant création d'un fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures (FIPOL); - elle se félicite des discussions qui se tiennent actuellement sur le partage de la charge et encourage le secteur à les poursuivre dans l'intérêt de tous; - elle engage tous les États membres à ratifier le Protocole de mai 2003 à la Convention FIPOL sur le fonds complémentaire, s'ils ne l'ont pas déjà fait; - elle invite les États membres à rechercher une approche commune de l'UE dans la perspective de la prochaine réunion intersession du Groupe de travail FIPOL en février 2005. New Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005.
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activities/0	deleted	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. title COM(2000)0802 type Legislative proposal published celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim type Legislative proposal
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activities/0/date	changed	Old 2001-04-05 New 2000-12-06
activities/0/docs	added	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text OBJECTIF : améliorer les régimes de responsabilité et de compensation des dommages de pollution causés par les navires. CONTENU : la présente proposition de règlement fait partie du deuxième train de mesures communautaires en matière de sécurité maritime suite au naufrage du pétrolier ERIKA (un premier paquet de mesures législatives, en cours d'adoption, a été proposé par la Commission le 21 mars 2000). La proposition de la Commission complète le système international actuel à deux niveaux concernant la responsabilité et la compensation des dommages résultant des pollutions provoquées par les pétroliers, en créant un fonds européen supplémentaire, le fonds COPE, destiné à dédommager les victimes des marées noires dans les eaux européennes. Le fonds COPE indemnisera seulement les victimes dont les plaintes auront été jugées justifiées, mais qui n'auront pas été en mesure d'obtenir une indemnisation complète dans le cadre du régime international en raison de la hauteur insuffisante des plafonds de compensation (ces plafonds s'élèvent actuellement à 200 millions d'euros). Les indemnités accordées par le fonds COPE seront basées sur les mêmes règles que celles appliquées dans le système international actuel, mais avec un plafond fixé à 1 milliard d'euros. Le fonds COPE pourrait aussi être utilisé pour accélérer l'indemnisation complète des victimes de pollution. Le fonds COPE sera financé par les entreprises européennes réceptionnant les hydrocarbures. Toute personne qui, dans un État membre, reçoit plus de 150.000 tonnes de pétrole brut et/ou de fuel lourd par an devra payer sa contribution au fonds COPE en proportion des quantités de pétrole reçues. Le fonds COPE ne sera activé qu'en cas d'accident dans les eaux de l'Union européenne et si le plafond maximum prévu par le fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures est dépassé, ou menace d'être dépassé. Outre les dispositions en matière de responsabilité, le règlement proposé prévoit l'application de sanctions financières pour négligence grave imputable à toute personne associée au transport d'hydrocarbures par la voie maritime. Cette sanction sera imposée par les États membres en dehors du régime de la responsabilité et de l'indemnisation et ne sera donc pas affectée par une éventuelle limitation des responsabilités. title COM(2000)0802 type Publication de la proposition législative celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN
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activities/1/docs	deleted	type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-336 text The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T5-0336/2001
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activities/2	deleted	body CSL meeting_id 2324 text At the end of a wide-ranging discussion the Council gave its agreement to common positions on the Directive on ship inspection organisations and the Directive on port State control. Moreover, in response to the request by the Nice European Council to adopt provisions on maritime safety as soon as possible, the Council and the Commission reaffirm their determination that satisfactory Community provisions on the accelerated phasing out of single-hull tankers will be adopted by the end of June 2001. Furthermore, the Council took note of the Commission's submission of its "second ERIKA package" and of delegations' comments on it. At the end of its discussions on maritime safety, the Council adopted the following conclusions: - notes the commitment by Member States to intensify their efforts, in the framework of Port State Control, by henceforth increasing the number of inspections, where these are insufficient, and their efficiency, and by targeting ships with the highest risk, such as gas and chemical tankers over 10 years of age, bulk carriers over 12 years of age and oil tankers and passenger ships over 15 years of age not covered by Directive 99/35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Council's common position. It emphasises the need to properly implement and enforce Port State Control obligations and the need to harmonise such controls at a high level in the Community. It - - welcomes the prospect of being able to ban sub-standard ships from Community ports as from the entry into force of the necessary legal instrument; underlines the need to ensure a proper and, as far as possible, global regime for liability and compensation in cases of pollution damage resulting from contamination by petroleum products or other noxious and hazardous substances transported by ship; - calls on Member States to pursue their joint cooperation efforts with a view to increasing the quality and availability of information on maritime traffic by submitting appropriate proposals to the IMO and by setting up a regional information system between their processing centres in order to make as effective as possible the procedures for maritime traffic surveillance and for the prevention of risks to shipping and the environment; - invites the Commission to draw up regularly an inventory of the international and Community provisions of maritime social legislation applied by Member States. council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date 2000-12-20 type Council Meeting
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activities/2/text	added	A l'issue d'un débat approfondi, le Conseil a marqué son accord sur des positions communes sur la directive relative aux organismes d'inspection des navires et sur celle relative au contrôle des navires par l'Etat du port. De plus, afin de répondre à l'invitation du Conseil européen de Nice d'adopter, dans les plus brefs délais, des dispositions en matière de sécurité maritime, le Conseil et la Commission affirment leur détermination à ce que soient adoptées d'ici la fin juin 2001 des dispositions communautaires satisfaisantes en matière de retrait accéléré des pétroliers à simple coque. Le Conseil a, en outre, pris note de la présentation par la Commission de son "deuxième paquet ERIKA", ainsi que des interventions des délégations à ce sujet. Dans ses conclusions, le Conseil a : - pris note de l'engagement des États membres d'accroître leurs efforts, dans le cadre du contrôle de l'État du port, en augmentant dès à présent le nombre des contrôles ainsi que leur efficacité et en les ciblant sur les navires présentant le plus de risques tels que les navires-citernes pour gaz et produits chimiques de plus de dix ans, les vraquiers de plus de douze ans ainsi que les pétroliers et les navires à passagers de plus de quinze ans. Il accueille par ailleurs favorablement la perspective de pouvoir bannir les navires sous normes des ports de la Communauté dès l'entrée en vigueur de l'instrument juridique adéquat; - souligné la nécessité d'assurer un régime adéquat et, autant que possible, global de responsabilité et d'indemnisation pour les dommages causées à la suite d'une contamination par des produits pétroliers ou d'autres substances dangereuses et polluantes, transportés par mer; - invité les États membres à poursuivre leur effort de coopération en vue d'accroître la qualité et la fluidité des informations disponibles sur le trafic en présentant des propositions appropriées à l'OMI et en mettant en place un système régional d'information entre leurs centres de traitement afin d'optimiser les procédures de surveillance de la circulation maritime et la prévention des risques pour la navigation et l'environnement; - invité la Commission à dresser régulièrement un état des lieux des dispositions internationales et communautaires du droit social maritime appliqué par les États membres.
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activities/3	deleted	date 2001-01-15 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN
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activities/3/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:227E:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_EN.pdf text The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary. title COM(2002)0313 type Modified legislative proposal published celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN
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activities/4/text	added	La commission a adopté le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) qui approuve la proposition dans les grandes lignes, sous réserve d'un certain nombre d'amendements (procédure de codécision, 1ère lecture). Si la commission se félicite, en principe, de cette proposition, elle veut rendre les règles plus sévères. Par exemple, elle estime que tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport d'hydrocarbures devraient verser une contribution financière, et pas uniquement ceux à qui sont livrés des hydrocarbures comme le propose la Commission. La commission a en particulier estimé que les propriétaires des navires, qui portent la responsabilité première pour l'état de leurs bâtiments, devaient également être tenus pour responsables. À cette fin, tout navire croisant dans les eaux territoriales ou dans les zones maritimes d'intérêt économique européennes devra être en mesure de prouver qu'il est couvert par une garantie financière ou, dans le cas contraire, s'acquitter d'une forte amende financière.
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activities/6/docs/0/text	added	En adoptant le rapport de M. Alain ESCLOPÉ (EDD, F), le Parlement européen a renforcé la proposition par l'adoption d'un certain nombre d'amendements proposés par la commission au fond (se reporter au résumé précédent). En dépit d'une forte oppposition de la commissaire Mme DE PALACIO, il a été décidé que le règlement devrait également couvrir les hydrocarbures de soute et les substances dangereuses et nocives, étant donné que ni la Convention internationale de 2001 (pollution par les hydrocarbures de soute) ni la Convention internationale de 1996 (substances nocives et dangereuses) ne sont opérationnelles. En outre, le fond COPE devrait prévoir des dispositions concernant des prépaiements dans un délai de six mois. Enfin, tous les opérateurs impliqués dans le transport des hydrocarbures y compris les propriétaires des navires devraient être contributeurs aux fonds de compensation.
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activities/6/text	deleted	The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty.
activities/6/type	changed	Old Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading New Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique
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activities/7/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2002/0313/COM_COM(2002)0313_FR.pdf text La proposition modifiée de la Commission retient certains des amendements du Parlement, qui clarifient le texte ou la portée du règlement, ou en améliorent la rédaction. De même, plusieurs amendements complètent utilement le texte. Ces modifications portent sur la clarification de la nature et du fonctionnement du fonds COPE, ses liens avec le fonds FIPOL, la possibilité de verser des avances aux sinistrés et la préparation d'un rapport sur les progrès réalisés pour améliorer le régime international de responsabilité et d'indemnisation dans le domaine du transport maritime. La Commission ne peut toutefois pas accepter les amendements visant à : - étendre la portée du fonds COPE pour couvrir d'autres formes de pollution que la pollution par les hydrocarbures provenant des pétroliers; - imposer aux propriétaires de navires l'obligation de verser une partie de l'indemnisation; - proposer d'accroître la participation et le rôle des élus locaux des régions polluées dans les procédures du comité du fonds COPE, comité de gestion au sens de l'article 4 de la décision 1999/468/CE; - réduire d'un an à six mois la période de collecte des contributions au fonds COPE; - définir le terme "hydrocarbures de soute". title COM(2002)0313 type Publication de la proposition législative modifiée celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN
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activities/8/text/0	changed	Old Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005. New Au terme d'un échange de vues sur la responsabilité civile et l'indemnisation des victimes en cas de pollution en mer causée par des hydrocarbures, la présidence a arrêté les conclusions suivantes : - la Présidence rappelle ses conclusions antérieures sur la sécurité maritime, plus particulièrement celles qui ont été adoptées au lendemain de l'accident du Prestige tant par le Conseil TTE que par le Conseil européen; - elle souligne, dans l'intérêt des victimes, qu'il est nécessaire d'assurer une indemnisation adéquate des dommages liés à la pollution par les hydrocarbures causée par des navires en oeuvrant activement pour faire en sorte que la responsabilité financière effective soit supportée par ceux qui participent au transport des hydrocarbures par la voie maritime, ainsi que de procéder à la révision appropriée des dispositions pertinentes de la Convention de 1992 sur la responsabilité civile (CLC) et de la Convention internationale de 1992 portant création d'un fonds international d'indemnisation pour les dommages dus à la pollution par les hydrocarbures (FIPOL); - elle se félicite des discussions qui se tiennent actuellement sur le partage de la charge et encourage le secteur à les poursuivre dans l'intérêt de tous; - elle engage tous les États membres à ratifier le Protocole de mai 2003 à la Convention FIPOL sur le fonds complémentaire, s'ils ne l'ont pas déjà fait; - elle invite les États membres à rechercher une approche commune de l'UE dans la perspective de la prochaine réunion intersession du Groupe de travail FIPOL en février 2005.
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2012-12-01

activities/0	deleted	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(2000)0802 type Legislative proposal body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/transport/index_en.htm title Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim
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2012-11-20

2012-11-15

2012-07-14

2012-04-12

activities/11/docs/0/text	deleted	The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House.
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2012-04-10

2012-04-09

2012-04-08

2012-04-07

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activities/13/docs/0/text	deleted	The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary.
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2012-04-05

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activities/13/docs/1/text	added	The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary.
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2012-04-04

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activities/11/docs/1/text	added	The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House.
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2012-03-22

2012-03-14

activities/11/docs/0/celexid	deleted	CELEX:52002PC0313:EN
activities/11/docs/0/text	deleted	The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary.
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2012-03-12

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activities/11/docs/1/text	added	The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary.
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2012-03-02

2012-02-20

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activities/12	deleted	date 2004-12-09 text Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005. body type Resolution/conclusions adopted by Council
activities/12/text	added	Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005.
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2012-02-19

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2012-02-18

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2012-02-17

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2012-02-17

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2012-02-15

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2012-02-15

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2012-02-14

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2012-02-12

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activities/7	added	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
activities/7	deleted	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2012-02-12

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activities/7	deleted	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2012-02-11

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activities/7	added	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
activities/7	deleted	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2012-02-10

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activities/7	deleted	body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2012-02-09

activities	added	date 2000-12-06 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2000&nu_doc=0802 text PURPOSE : to establish a fund for the compensation of oil polluted damage in European waters and related measures. CONTENT : the present proposal for a Regulation is part of the second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika (the first set of measures were adopted by the Commission on 21 March 2000). The Commission's proposal complements the existing international two-tier regime on liability and compensation for oil pollution damage by tankers by creating a European supplementary fund, the COPE Fund, to compensate victims of oil spills in European waters. The COPE Fund will only compensate victims whose claims have been considered justified, but who have nevertheless been unable to obtain full compensation under the international regime, owing to insufficient compensation limits. The current ceiling is EUR 200 million. Compensation from the COPE Fund would thus be based on the same principles and rules as the current international fund system, but subject to a ceiling which is deemed to be sufficient for any foreseeable disaster, i.e. EUR 1 000 million. The COPE Fund could also be used to speed up the payment of full compensation of victims. The COPE Fund will be financed by European oil receivers. Any person in a Member State who receives more than 150 000 tonnes of crude oil and/or heavy fuel oil per year will have to pay its contribution to the COPE Fund, in a proportion which corresponds to the amounts of oil received. The COPE Fund will only be activated once an accident that exceeds, or threatens to exceed, the maximum limit provided by the IOPC Fund has occurred in EU waters. The proposed regulation, in addition to the provisions on liability, includes an article introducing financial penalties for grossly negligent behaviour by any person involved in the transport of oil by sea. This penalty will be imposed by Member States outside the scope of liability and compensation and will thus not be affected by any limitation of liability. celexid CELEX:52000DC0802:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(2000)0802 body EC type Legislative proposal commission DG Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim body EP date 2000-12-08 type EP officialisation date 2000-12-18 body CSL type Council Meeting council Environment meeting_id 2321 body CSL meeting_id 2324 text At the end of a wide-ranging discussion the Council gave its agreement to common positions on the Directive on ship inspection organisations and the Directive on port State control. Moreover, in response to the request by the Nice European Council to adopt provisions on maritime safety as soon as possible, the Council and the Commission reaffirm their determination that satisfactory Community provisions on the accelerated phasing out of single-hull tankers will be adopted by the end of June 2001. Furthermore, the Council took note of the Commission's submission of its "second ERIKA package" and of delegations' comments on it. At the end of its discussions on maritime safety, the Council adopted the following conclusions: - notes the commitment by Member States to intensify their efforts, in the framework of Port State Control, by henceforth increasing the number of inspections, where these are insufficient, and their efficiency, and by targeting ships with the highest risk, such as gas and chemical tankers over 10 years of age, bulk carriers over 12 years of age and oil tankers and passenger ships over 15 years of age not covered by Directive 99/35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Council's common position. It emphasises the need to properly implement and enforce Port State Control obligations and the need to harmonise such controls at a high level in the Community. It - - welcomes the prospect of being able to ban sub-standard ships from Community ports as from the entry into force of the necessary legal instrument; underlines the need to ensure a proper and, as far as possible, global regime for liability and compensation in cases of pollution damage resulting from contamination by petroleum products or other noxious and hazardous substances transported by ship; - calls on Member States to pursue their joint cooperation efforts with a view to increasing the quality and availability of information on maritime traffic by submitting appropriate proposals to the IMO and by setting up a regional information system between their processing centres in order to make as effective as possible the procedures for maritime traffic surveillance and for the prevention of risks to shipping and the environment; - invites the Commission to draw up regularly an inventory of the international and Community provisions of maritime social legislation applied by Member States. council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy date 2000-12-20 type Council Meeting date 2001-01-15 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN date 2001-04-05 body CSL type Council Meeting council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy meeting_id X014 date 2001-04-19 docs type Committee draft report title PE301.801 body EP type Committee draft report body EP committees body EP responsible False committee_full Budgets committee BUDG body EP responsible False committee ENVI date 2001-03-12 committee_full Environment, Public Health, Consumer Policy rapporteur group GUE/NGL name VACHETTA Roseline body EP responsible False committee ITRE date 2001-02-13 committee_full Industry, External Trade, Research, Energy rapporteur group PPE-DE name VLASTO Dominique body EP responsible True committee RETT date 2001-01-24 committee_full Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism rapporteur group EDD name ESCLOPÉ Alain body EP responsible True committee_full Transport and Tourism committee TRAN docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A5-2001-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A5-0201/2001 text The committee adopted the report by Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments (codecision procedure, 1st reading). While it welcomed the proposal in principle, the committee wanted to make the rules stricter. For example, it felt that all operators involved in the transport of oil - and not only oil receivers as the Commission had proposed - should be required to make financial contributions. In particular, it believed that shipowners, who bore primary responsibility for the condition of their vessels, should also be made liable. To this end, it specified that every ship sailing in European territorial waters or marine economic interest zones should be able to prove that it held a financial guarantee or else pay a heavy financial penalty. date 2001-05-29 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading date 2001-06-13 body EP type Debate in Parliament date 2001-06-14 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P5-TA-2001-0336 text The European Parliament endorsed the report by Mr Alain ESCLOPE (EDD, F) and adopted a number of amendments to tighten the legislation. Despite strong resistence by Commissioner Loyola de PALACIO, MEPs voted for the regulation to cover bunker oil and hazardous and noxious substances, as the Bunker Convention 2001 and the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 has not been ratified or implemented. In addition, Parliament wants the COPE Fund to provide for advance provisional payments within six months because victims were often left in difficult circumstances whilst waiting for the first payments to come through. Moreover, not only oil receivers but all operators involved in the transport of oil, including shipowners, should contribute to the compensation fund, according to the House. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T5-0336/2001 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:053E:SOM:EN:HTML type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 053 28.02.2002, p. 0239-0317 E body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading date 2001-06-27 body CSL type Council Meeting council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy meeting_id 2364 date 2002-06-12 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=0313 text The Commission agrees to a number of amendments which would or clarify the text or the scope of the regulation or otherwise constitute editorial improvements. Similarly, several amendments would provide useful additions to the text. This concerns clarification of the nature and activities of the COPE fund, its link to the IOPC Fund, the facility to provide advance payment and the preparation of a progress report on the developments in maritime liability and compensation at the international level. The Commission can however not accept: - the amendments seeking to extend the scope of the COPE Fund to cover other forms of pollution than oil pollution by tankers. While the improvement of the compensation regime for pollution damage caused by hazardous and noxious substances in itself is an objective which is supported, the Commission considers that the present regulation is inappropriate to serve that function. The purpose of the COPE Fund is to place an additional compensation layer on the existing international compensation regime, and in this way to ensure compensation for expensive accidents in EU waters. It complements and builds upon the international regime by creating a third layer which is closely linked to the two existing ones (CLC and IOPC Fund). The Commission does, however, agree that there is a need to put in place a regime ensuring proper compensation for marine pollution caused by other substances than oil as soon as possible. - the amendments aiming at introducing an obligation for shipowners to pay at part of the compensation. These amendments raise problems of international law. The existing international legal regime (the CLC convention) does not allow additional compensation claims to be placed on the shipowner. While the Commission agrees with the longer term aim that owners should make a more substantial contribution in the payment, in particular if the accident is due to his gross negligence (the Commission has proposed to address this issue at the revision of the international system), requiring shipowners to participate in the compensation of damage would be in conflict with the international rules as they stand at present. In order to make shipowners more responsible and subject to penalties in case of negligence, the Commission's proposal includes a financial penalty to be placed on any party which has caused or contributed to the accident by gross negligence. - the amendments proposing to increase the participation and role of the local representatives of the polluted region in the procedures of the COPE Fund Committee, which is a Management Committee under Decision 1999/468/EC. Advisors or prior hearing of non-committee members are not foreseen in a management committee under the decision, which is composed of representatives of Member States exclusively. - the amendment aiming at extending compensation of environmental damage. - the amendment proposing to limit the period of collection of the funds to the COPE Fund from one year to six months. - the amendment defining the term 'bunker oil'. The term 'bunker oil' is not used in the regulation and such a definition is therefore unnecessary. celexid CELEX:52002PC0313:EN type Modified legislative proposal published title COM(2002)0313 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:227E:SOM:EN:HTML type Modified legislative proposal title OJ C 227 24.09.2002, p. 0487 E body EC type Modified legislative proposal commission DG Mobility and Transport Commissioner KALLAS Siim date 2004-12-09 text Following an exchange of views on civil liability and compensation for victims in the event of oil pollution at sea, the Presidency has come to the following conclusions: - it reiterates former conclusions on maritime safety, most particularly those adopted in the aftermath of the Prestige accident both by the TTE Council and the European Council; - it stresses, in the interest of victims, the need to ensure appropriate compensation for damage caused by oil pollution from ships by actively working to ensure that effective financial responsibility is exercised on the part of those involved in transportation of oil by sea, and the need for appropriate revision of the relevant provisions of the 1992 Civil Liability (CLC) and 1992 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF) Conventions; - it welcomes the ongoing talks on burden sharing and encourages industry to pursue these in the interest of all; - it urges all Member States to ratify the IOPCF Supplementary Fund Protocol of May 2003, if they have not yet done so; - it urges Member States to seek a common EU approach ahead of the forthcoming intersessional IOPCF Working Group meeting in February 2005. body type Resolution/conclusions adopted by Council date 2004-12-09 body CSL type Council Meeting council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy meeting_id 2629
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