91998E0281

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0281/98 by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Commission (17 February 1998)

Subject: Detentions under the Port State Control Directive (95/21/EC)

How many vessels, broken down by category, have been detained under the Port State Control Directive (95/21/EC) ((OJ L 157, 7.7.1995, p. 1. )) in each Member State?

Joint answer to Written Questions E-0281/98 and E-0282/98 given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (30 March 1998)

The number of detentions per Member State since the implementation date of Council Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) (1 July 1996 to 31 December 1997) is as follows:

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The available statistics from the secretariat of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control cover all of 1996 and 1997 and include some non-Community members, however from the information available, the summary of detentions per ship type is indicated as a percentage, as follows:

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In accordance with Article 17 of Directive 95/21/EC, Member States have supplied the following information on the number of Port State Control inspectors (full-time equivalent) working on their behalf immediately after the entry into force of the Directive:

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Updated information is due by 1 October 1998.