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EU: Spain-Italy: Rescue at sea - Information from the Spanish and Italian delegations (1)
01 November 2007
Information from the Spanish and Italian delegations (pdf)
Despite the title these delegations are calling for the creation of:
"surveillance and alert systems, of a permanent nature, on the coasts of the European Union States". They are proposing that the EU "integrate" the international Law of the Sea in its legislation including powers to board, remove people and impose sanctions on those who fail to obey.