By the end of the year, the European Commission is going to propose news legislative mesures to reinforce EU passenger ship safety. This revision of the current legislation is a reply to the recent Costa Concordia accident.
According to Siim Kallas, commissioner for transports, this revision is going to promote the adoption of voluntary measures, to reinforce implementation and control of the rules as well as to adopt additional measures. The main issue remains the size of the ships and the number of passengers.
In order to associate all stakeholders to this legislative revision preparation, a public consultation had been opened. To take part in it : click here.