PRESTIGE ROUND UP
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has reacted swiftly to the Prestige oil spill disaster off Spain, asking ministers to immediately ban single-hull tankers aged 23 years and above from European Union (EU) waters, while blocking single-hull vessels of any age from carrying heavy fuel oil to the EU.Brussels' new proposals would also speed up the existing timetable to phase-out all uses of any single-hull tanker, bringing deadlines forward to between 2005 and 2010. Loyola de Palacio, transport and energy EU Commissioner said earlier rules agreed after the 1999 ...
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