WRITTEN QUESTION E-3595/02 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Measures to stop the sunken remains of the Prestige tanker spilling more fuel oil.
Date: 2002-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: France, Galicia, Portugal, accidental pollution, coastal region, fuel oil, pollution control, tanker, transport accident

9.10.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 242 E/63

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(2003/C 242 E/063)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3595/02

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(13 December 2002)

Subject: Measures to stop the sunken remains of the ‘Prestige’ tanker spilling more fuel oil

What measures are being taken to stop the sunken remains of the ‘Prestige’ tanker spilling more fuel oil, so
as to ensure the protection and preservation of the coastline in Galicia and elsewhere in Europe from the
consequences of further spills?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(20 February 2003)

The Commission fully shares the preoccupation expressed by the Honourable Member regarding the
problem caused by the oil in the wreck of the Prestige which represents a threat not only for the coast of
Galicia, but more widely for the marine and coastal environment of France, Spain and Portugal.

Immediately after the accident of the Prestige, the Commission has been in close contact with the Spanish
authorities, in order to make the expertise and combating equipment of other Member States available.

More particularly, concerning the problem of the wreck of the Prestige, the Commission has proposed the
participation of European experts to the Scientific Committee that has been established by the Spanish
authorities in order to assess issues relating to the wreck.

(2003/C 242 E/064)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3596/02

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: Clean-up vessels and ‘Prestige’-type disasters

(13 December 2002)

When the ‘Prestige’ disaster hit the Galician coast, the Spanish state was unable to supply a single clean-up
vessel capable of dealing with fuel oil. The vessels which arrived later from France, the Netherlands,
Germany, the UK and Belgium could not start operations for several days, as they were not equipped to
confront waves over 2,5 metres high. How was this lack of facilities allowed to arise? What measures will