ships which do not carry a medical doctor shall be required to have either at least one seafarer on board who is in charge of medical care and administering medicine as part of their regular duties or at least one seafarer on board competent to provide medical first aid; persons in charge of medical care on board who are not medical doctors shall have satisfactorily completed training in medical care that meets the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW); seafarers designated to provide medical first aid shall have satisfactorily comple ...[+++]ted training in medical first aid that meets the requirements of STCW; national laws or regulations shall specify the level of approved training required taking into account, inter alia, such factors as the duration, nature and conditions of the voyage and the number of seafarers on board; and

28. Is concerned that the partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) recently concluded between Russia and the European Community provides insufficient safeguards for maritime safety in the Baltic region; calls on the Commission, therefore, to coordinate closely with Member States and the European Parliament its continuing negotiations with Russia, with a view to developing common criteria to determine conditions of access to the Baltic for ships carrying dangerous cargo; considers that the outcome of these negotiations should refl ...[+++]ect an equal level of responsibility for both signatories so as to protect the marine environment of the Baltic region;

26. Is concerned that the partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) recently concluded between Russia and the European Community provides insufficient safeguards for maritime safety in the Baltic region; calls on the Commission, therefore, to coordinate closely with Member States and the European Parliament its continuing negotiations with Russia, with a view to developing common criteria to determine conditions of access to the Baltic for ships carrying dangerous cargo; considers that the outcome of these negotiations should refl ...[+++]ect an equal level of responsibility for both signatories to protect the marine environment of the Baltic region;

(10) Eight northern European countries, including seven Community Member States, agreed in Stockholm on 28 February 1996 to introduce a higher stability standard for ro-ro passenger ships in damaged condition in order to take into account the effect of water accumulation on the ro-ro deck and to enable the ship to survive in more severe states than the SOLAS 90 standard, up to 4 m significant wave heights.

So, ships which seriously endanger our seas will be denied entry to Community ports and voyage data recorders will be fitted to all ships, so that their course can be checked following an accident, God forbid.

Contracting Governments should remind ships operating in their territorial sea, or having communicated an intention to enter their territorial sea, of any temporary restricted areas that they have published.