European Maritime Safety Agency

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European Maritime Safety Agency
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Agency of the European Union
Location:Lisbon, Portugal
Formation:
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- Established
2002
Superseding pillar:European Communities
Director:Willem de Ruiter
Website:emsa.europa.eu
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is a European Union agency charged with reducing the risk of maritime accidents, marine pollution from ships and the loss of human lives at sea by helping to enforce the pertinent European Community legislation. It is headquartered in Lisbon.

Mission

EMSA has the following mission:[1]
  • assist the Commission in preparing Community legislation in the field of maritime safety and prevention of pollution by ships
  • assist the Commission in the effective implementation of Community legislation on maritime safety and maritime security, in particular by monitoring the overall functioning of the Community port State control regime,
  • organise training activities, develop technical solutions and provide technical assistance related to the implementation of Community legislation
  • help develop a common methodology for investigating maritime accidents
  • provide data on maritime safety and on pollution by ships and help improve the identification and pursuit of ships making unlawful discharges
In doing so, EMSA closely cooperates with the Member States' maritime services.

History and structure

EMSA was founded in 2002, after the European Communities adopted substantial packages of legislation relating to maritime security in the wake of major shipping disasters in European waters, such as those involving the ferry Estonia and the oil tankers Erika and Prestige. It was felt that a specialised technical agency was necessary to overview the enforcement of this legislation and help in its implementation.

EMSA is headquartered in the recently built eastern part of Lisbon, Portugal, where the 1998 World's Fair took place (the Expo 98). It has a staff of about 120 and operates a small fleet of ships.[2] Its Executive Director is Willem de Ruiter.

The 2005 budget for EMSA is EUR 17,500,000, plus EUR 17,800,000 specifically for pollution response tasks.

Coast Guard aspirations?

In May 2006, the conservative British newspaper Daily Telegraph reported that the Commission supposedly considered proposing to transform EMSA into a European coast guard, although the specifics of that proposed role were not reported. The paper cited critics who worried that this move would introduce a European navy by way of the back door, compromising Member States' sovereignty in defence matters.[2]

References

1. ^ Much paraphrased from article 2 of the Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency, OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p.1 (PDF), as amended by the Regulation (EC) No 724/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency, OJ L 129, 29.4.2004, p.1 (PDF)
2. ^ Justin Stares. "Full steam ahead: Brussels draws up plan for 'EU navy'", Daily Telegraph, May 21, 2006. 

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