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And Then There Were None: Rapporteur Fleckenstein proposes to exclude pilotage and dredging from Ports Regulation
The Draft report of MEP Knut Fleckenstein, the rapporteur on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on Market access to port services and financial […]
ECSA welcomes vote on Maritime Spatial Planning in Parliament
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) adopted on 05 November, with 32 votes in favour, 7 against, 0 abstentions, a draft report by rapporteur Gesine Meissner (ALDE, FDP, Germany) on […]
European Commission launches investigation into French tonnage tax scheme
The European Commission has opened a formal in-depth investigation to examine whether changes to the French tax rules for maritime companies are in line with EU state aid guidelines to maritime transport.The […]
EU Member States agree on ratifying Hong Kong Convention for the safe and sound recycling of ships
On 30 October 2013, the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER I) agreed on a compromise text for a Council decision supporting the ratification of the […]
European Parliament adopts proposal for new Ship Recycling Regulation
The European Parliament (EP) adopted today at its plenary sitting in Strasbourg a legislative resolution on a new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority of the votes. The adopted text is […]
European Commission earmarks 1.6 billion Euros to support key TEN-T infrastructure projects
On Wednesday 16 October, the European Commission announced that 1.6 billion Euros of EU co-funding will be granted to trans-Euroepan transport network (TEN-T) projects. In total, 172 projects were […]
ECSA welcomes Member States’ approval to further enhance the status of Regular Shipping Service
ECSA has been advised of and very much welcomes the fact that EU Member States have recently endorsed the Commission’s proposal to grant further customs facilitations to […]
ICAO agrees on global-market based mechanism to tackle emissions
On 04 October, Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed, at its 38th Assembly in Montreal, to develop a global market-based measure (MBM) for international aviation.
ECSA welcomes the continuation of State Aid Guidelines to Maritime Transport.
Commission Vice-President Joaquín Almunia, responsible for competition policy, recently decided to continue the 2004 Guidelines on State Aid to Maritime Transport without revision.
ECSA President Juan Riva welcomed Commissioner Almunia’s […]
