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This was stated by Ambassador Simonas Šatūnas when commenting on the conclusion of the European Commission that the provisions of the Mobility Package approved last year and that will come into force next year would increase pollution and damage the EU internal market.
“I am glad that the efforts of a group of like-minded people brought together at the initiative of Lithuania and other countries to draw the attention of the European Commission to the shortcomings of the mobility package and the threat to the ambitious green course of the The European Commission study cites specific figures related to the forced return of a tugboat (CO2 emissions 0.8 to 4.6 percent higher) certainly not in line with the EC’s ambitions to create a more sustainable and greener EU, ”said Lithuanian Chargé d’Affaires S. Šatūnas, Acting Permanent Representative.
“We hope this will lead the EC to present an updated legal proposal to amend these environmentally damaging provisions.” This was stated in the European Commission statement last year when the Mobility Package was adopted, “said the ambassador.
Lithuanian carriers and the government say that with the new mobility package, Western Europeans are looking to push competitors out of the market.
Western Europeans say the mandatory return of tugs will help combat the registration of bogus shipping companies, where companies set up shop in one location and operate in another to cut costs.
In addition to Lithuania, eight other countries opposed the new rules: Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus and Malta. They were not enough to block the decision.
The most controversial rules were included in the deliberations of the European Parliament and were subsequently endorsed by the majority of the Member States.
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