COM(2003)229-1 - Enhancing maritime transport security

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Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on enhancing maritime transport security
 
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reference by COM-number49 COM(2003)229 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2003)229
CELEX number52 52003DC0229

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Document 02-05-2003
Online publication 02-05-2003

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  • 1. 
    COM(2001) 370 of 12 September 2001.

     
  • 2. 
    COM(2002) 233 final of 7 May 2002.

     
  • 3. 
    Source : European Commission, DG TRADE.

     
  • 4. 
    Figures as 1 January 2001, ships of 1000 gross tonnage and above - Source: Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Shipping Statistics 2001.

     
  • 5. 
    Port facilities being defined as locations where the ship/port interface takes place.

     
  • 6. 
    Legal and procedural questions, commercial affairs and relations with other organisations, development of capabilities, implementation and intelligence, and promotion, respectively.

     
  • 7. 
    Algeciras, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Busan, Felixstowe, Genoa, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Kobe, La Spezia, Laem Chabang, Le Havre, Nagoya, Rotterdam, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Tokyo, Yokohama.

     
  • 8. 
    As of 13 February 2003 the only ports in the above list for which agreements had not yet been signed were Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and Laem Chabang (Thailand).

     
  • 9. 
    As of 13 February 2003 agreements have been concluded for Gothenburg (Sweden), Klang and Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia).

     
  • 10. 
    By way of an example, while the installation of container scanners in the Port of Rotterdam cost EUR15 million, in one year their use generated EUR88 million in customs and tax revenue, even though only 2% of containers, on average, are subjected to such checks.

     
  • 11. 
    Regulation 11 (alternative security agreements) of Chapter XI-2 of the SOLAS Convention.

     
  • 12. 
    Regulation 2, paragraph 2 (application to port facilities occasionally serving ships engaged on international voyages) of Chapter XI-2 of the SOLAS Convention.

     
  • 13. 
    Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JAI of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ L 164).

     
  • 14. 
    The IMO Diplomatic Conference of 12 December 2002, gave the ILO a mandate, in collaboration with the IMO, to draw up a guide to good practice covering all aspects of security. It would therefore be desirable to extend this good practice to port workers and all the trades people occasionally working in port areas as well as to seafarers.

     
  • 15. 
    The annual report to be produced by the SIT (Safe Intermodal Transport) thematic network funded by the Commission for the period 2003-2006 may be able to provide the basis for solutions in this connection.

     
  • 16. 
    Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Hamburg and Le Havre.

     
  • 17. 
    Barcelona, Leixoes, Piraeus, Marseille, Trieste and Koper.

     
  • 18. 
    In this connection, mention should be made of the SIMTAG (Safe and Secure Intermodal Transport Across the Globe) project (under the 5th Research Framework Programme) which covers a large proportion of these concerns on a technical level.

     
  • 19. 
    Commission Communication on a simplified and computerised environment for customs, in preparation.

     
  • 20. 
    Conversely, if the use of 'smart' containers were to be limited to international traffic this would, in addition to the shortfall in security in other types of transport, generate unnecessary storage and unladen-transport costs for 'international' containers (in 2001, the percentage of containers transported unladen was put at 21.7% of the total transported - source: Policy Research Corporation). Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that minimum requirements must be complied with in connection with food and animal feedingstuffs so as to avoid contamination, and that the best option here is to use special-purpose containers.

     
  • 21. 
    The Commission will advocate this approach in the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on intermodal loading units which it will shortly be putting forward.

     
  • 22. 
    'transhipment': keep this word in all the versions

     
  • 23. 
    COM(2002) 562 final of 16 October 2002.

     
  • 24. 
    It should be noted that Resolution No 5 adopted on 12 December 2002 by the IMO Diplomatic Conference calls for such assistance, as well as technical cooperation, vis-à-vis these countries.

     
  • 25. 
    COM(2001) 370 of 12 September 2001.

     
  • 26. 
    COM(2002) 233 final of 7 May 2002.

     
  • 27. 
    Source : European Commission, DG TRADE.

     
  • 28. 
    Figures as 1 January 2001, ships of 1000 gross tonnage and above - Source: Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Shipping Statistics 2001.

     
  • 29. 
    Port facilities being defined as locations where the ship/port interface takes place.

     
  • 30. 
    Legal and procedural questions, commercial affairs and relations with other organisations, development of capabilities, implementation and intelligence, and promotion, respectively.

     
  • 31. 
    Algeciras, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Busan, Felixstowe, Genoa, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Kobe, La Spezia, Laem Chabang, Le Havre, Nagoya, Rotterdam, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Tokyo, Yokohama.

     
  • 32. 
    As of 13 February 2003 the only ports in the above list for which agreements had not yet been signed were Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and Laem Chabang (Thailand).

     
  • 33. 
    As of 13 February 2003 agreements have been concluded for Gothenburg (Sweden), Klang and Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia).

     
  • 34. 
    By way of an example, while the installation of container scanners in the Port of Rotterdam cost EUR15 million, in one year their use generated EUR88 million in customs and tax revenue, even though only 2% of containers, on average, are subjected to such checks.

     
  • 35. 
    Regulation 11 (alternative security agreements) of Chapter XI-2 of the SOLAS Convention.

     
  • 36. 
    Regulation 2, paragraph 2 (application to port facilities occasionally serving ships engaged on international voyages) of Chapter XI-2 of the SOLAS Convention.

     
  • 37. 
    Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JAI of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ L 164).

     
  • 38. 
    The IMO Diplomatic Conference of 12 December 2002, gave the ILO a mandate, in collaboration with the IMO, to draw up a guide to good practice covering all aspects of security. It would therefore be desirable to extend this good practice to port workers and all the trades people occasionally working in port areas as well as to seafarers.

     
  • 39. 
    The annual report to be produced by the SIT (Safe Intermodal Transport) thematic network funded by the Commission for the period 2003-2006 may be able to provide the basis for solutions in this connection.

     
  • 40. 
    Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Hamburg and Le Havre.

     
  • 41. 
    Barcelona, Leixoes, Piraeus, Marseille, Trieste and Koper.

     
  • 42. 
    In this connection, mention should be made of the SIMTAG (Safe and Secure Intermodal Transport Across the Globe) project (under the 5th Research Framework Programme) which covers a large proportion of these concerns on a technical level.

     
  • 43. 
    Commission Communication on a simplified and computerised environment for customs, in preparation.

     
  • 44. 
    Conversely, if the use of 'smart' containers were to be limited to international traffic this would, in addition to the shortfall in security in other types of transport, generate unnecessary storage and unladen-transport costs for 'international' containers (in 2001, the percentage of containers transported unladen was put at 21.7% of the total transported - source: Policy Research Corporation). Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that minimum requirements must be complied with in connection with food and animal feedingstuffs so as to avoid contamination, and that the best option here is to use special-purpose containers.

     
  • 45. 
    The Commission will advocate this approach in the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on intermodal loading units which it will shortly be putting forward.

     
  • 46. 
    'transhipment': keep this word in all the versions

     
  • 47. 
    COM(2002) 562 final of 16 October 2002.

     
  • 48. 
    It should be noted that Resolution No 5 adopted on 12 December 2002 by the IMO Diplomatic Conference calls for such assistance, as well as technical cooperation, vis-à-vis these countries.

     
  • 49. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 50. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 51. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 52. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 53. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.