As we now move to the second reading of the draft directive on the technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, we are handling a relic from the previous century, for it was as long ago as December 1997 that the Commission submitted a proposal in respect of the previous directive, 82/714/EEC, which was superannuated even then, but is still in force today, and this proposal’s first reading in this House was in October 1998.
Ved andenbehandlingen af dette direktiv om de tekniske forskrifter for fartøjer på indre vandveje har vi at gøre med en rest fra forrige århundrede, for allerede i december 1997 havde Kommissionen stillet et forslag om det tidligere direktiv 82/714/EØF, som allerede dengang var forældet, men som stadig gælder i dag. Førstebehandlingen fandt så sted i oktober 1998 i Europa-Parlamentet.