Press Release: The Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU – priorities for the next Commission

The European Commission presented a Progress Report outlining the achievements of the EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) over the past two years and looking out into its future. Alongside this, the Commission tabled concrete proposals on two major IMP issues – the integration across sectors and countries of maritime surveillance and the international dimension of Europe’s maritime policy. Taken together, these three documents provide compelling evidence of how the IMP can unlock the economic potential of Europe’s vast maritime and coastal areas, while making its seas safer and more secure through streamlined new governance and by exploiting synergies across the full range of sea-related policies.

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European Commission: MEMO/09/455: Progress Report on the EU's Integrated Maritime Policy: questions and answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/455&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/09/453: Towards the integration of maritime surveillance in the European Union: questions and answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/454&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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