| | EU countries propose MARPOL amendments in Prestige response |
 | | The Secretary-General of IMO, Mr William O'Neil, received yesterday (10 April 2003) from all the fifteen Member States of the European Union, each of which is a Party to the MARPOL Convention, a set of formal proposals to change certain provisions of the MARPOL Convention. |
 | | The proposals will be circulated among all IMO Member States and Parties to MARPOL prior to their consideration at the 49th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), to be held at IMO's London Headquarters in July. |
 | | The original MARPOL regulation 13G, adopted in 1992, already legislated for the phasing-out of single-hull tankers but over a protracted period which would have allowed some ships to continue trading until their 30th anniversary. |
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