ETA position on the adoption of the Draft Regulation on Port Services to be voted upon in the EP

June 2016

The current Draft EU Ports Regulation does not comply with fundamental principles of EU law such as the principle of equal treatment and non discrimination, on the basis that some services are excluded arbitrarily from the current Draft EU Ports Regulation. Furthermore, services such as pilotage have been excluded on the basis of their role in port safety, a role that is equally attributed to towage.

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ETA position on the Draft Regulation on Port Services to be voted upon in the EP

March 2016

The ETA’s Executive Committee rejects the Regulation on Port Services Regulation and calls for a negative vote of the EP Plenary as the legislation lacks proportionality and discriminates the towage sector.

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