More power for EU Maritime Safety Agency to combat offshore pollution and piracy

The European Agency for Maritime Safety (EMSA) will get new powers to step up cooperation against piracy, prevent maritime pollution, improve training for seafarers and help establish an EU maritime space without barriers under an informal deal struck on 12 April 2012 by the European Parliament’s negotiating team, and the European Council’s Danish Presidency.

Once formally approved by the Council and the Parliament, this deal, which entails amending EMSA's founding Regulation (EC) 1406/2002, will enable EMSA to extend its preventive work and make broader use of its resources to help EU Member States to prevent and tackle maritime pollution, protect ships against piracy and create the future European maritime space without barriers, by reducing bureaucracy.

European Parliament: Press Release, 12.4.12: More power for EU Maritime Safety Agency to combat offshore pollution and piracy http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120410IPR42649/html/More-power-for-EU-Maritime-Safety-Agency-to-combat-offshore-pollution-and-piracy

European Parliament: Press Release, 12.4.12: More power for EU Maritime Safety Agency to combat offshore pollution and piracy http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/infopress/20120410IPR42649/20120410IPR42649_en.pdf

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