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Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues - Commission declaration · European Union

(4) The protection of the marine environment can be enhanced by reducing discharges into the sea of ship-generated waste and cargo residues. This can be achieved by improving the availability and use of reception facilities and by improving the enforcement regime. In its Resolution of 8 June 1993 on a common policy on safe seas(5), the Council included among its priority actions the development of availability and use of reception facilities within the Community.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.