The eight regulations and directives will tighten safety requirements for ships flying an EU Member State flag or navigating in European waters and thus help prevent disasters such as the Erika and Prestige shipwrecks from spoiling European coasts.
Pieņemtās regulas un direktīvas pastiprina drošības prasības kuģiem, kas reģistrēti Eiropas Savienībā vai kuģo Eiropas ūdeņos.