NGO fears outflagging in response to scrapping rules
Tomorrow Brussels votes on the new scrapping rules reached through negotiations in the EU. NGO applauds the proposal to ban scrapping on the beaches, but fears that the rules will result in outflaggings.
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN
After the EU Parliament, the Irish Presidency, and the Council of Ministers have apparently agreed on how to scrap ships sailing under EU flags, the proposal is set to be discussed and voted on at the COREPER - the various ambassadors of the EU countries - tomorrow, Thursday. It would come as a surprise should the proposal be rejected, but as the council consists of representatives from all EU countries there's no way to be absolutely certain, according to sources in Brussels.
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