WRITTEN QUESTION E-0717/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Council. Prestige: re-routing of maritime transport corridors.
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Galicia, International Maritime Organisation, international negotiations, marine pollution, maritime safety, oil pollution, prevention of pollution, resolution of parliament, tanker, transport regulations

21.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280 E/81

Reply

(22 July 2003)

The Council has been informed that, the Peruvian Public Prosecutor’s Office, has formally charged Nelson
inter alia supporting terrorism, aggravated robbery, and
Palomino la Serna with the offences of
kidnapping. An action in this respect has been brought before the District Court of Aynes, San Francisco
Province, Department of Ayacucho. The case is currently at the preliminary investigation stage.

According to information provided on Friday 11 April by the Ayacucho regional directorate of the
national prisons institute (INPE), Nelson Palomino was being held in Lianamilla Prison.

It is not for the Council to comment on an ongoing judicial process at national level. Nevertheless, the
Council reaffirms that the maintenance of the rule of law and of democratic and civil rights is a key factor
for peace in that region.

(2003/C 280 E/086)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0717/03

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Council

(11 March 2003)

Subject: Prestige: re-routing of maritime transport corridors

On 21 November 2002, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Prestige disaster off the
coast of Galicia. Paragraph 12 reads:

Calls for the existing corridors for the maritime transport of oil and hazardous substances in
Community waters to be rerouted as far away as possible from coastlines and, in particular, areas
declared vulnerable; asks the Commission to work with the IMO towards the establishment of such a
mechanism at international level.

How does the Council view this request from Parliament?

What steps has it taken or does it intend to take in response?

(2003/C 280 E/087)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0719/03

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Council

(11 March 2003)

Subject: Prestige: EU action at WTO level

On 19 December 2002 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on safety at sea and measures to
alleviate the effects of the Prestige disaster. Paragraph 5 reads:

Recognises the fact that the EU has only limited power to control ships in transit through its waters;
therefore calls on the Council to act quickly to grant the Commission the mandate to negotiate on
behalf of all 15 Member States within the International Maritime Organisation, with particular regard
to the establishment of more stringent rules on Port State Control in third countries, the development
of a Flag State audit procedure aimed at combating flags of convenience, as defined by the Paris
Memorandum of Understanding, and the proper implementation of compulsory shipping routes and
pilotage and the restriction of shipping in designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas in order to
protect sensitive coastlines; given the slow process of decision-making at IMO level, calls on the
Commission simultaneously to initiate bilateral negotiations with key third countries with a view to
improving the safety of ships in transit through EU waters;.