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Minor ship pollution "not criminal act" – MEPs

ENDS Europe
Tuesday 17 February 2009

Minor discharges of polluting substances from ships should not be classed as criminal infringements even if they are committed intentionally as long as water quality is not affected as a result, the European parliament's transport committee confirmed on Tuesday.

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