ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS (14933/02)
Letter from the Chairman to Mr Alun Michael,
Minister of State (Rural Affairs and Urban Quality of Life) Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Thank you for your Explanatory Memorandum dated
January 2003 which Sub-Committee B considered at its meeting on
13 January 2003.
We note that these proposals build on the International
Maritime Organisation (IMO) MARPOL annex VI proposals and extend
the benefits of MARPOL annex VI to the European Union as a whole.
On the face of it, the measures proposed would
appear to be beneficial, but it is important for us to be sure
that the benefits are in proportion to the costs to be imposed
on the industry. The Commission's own cost benefit analysis is
too general for us to be entirely at east with its findings. We
look forward, therefore, to receiving the regulatory impact assessment
(RIA) for the UK which you indicate will be available in the Spring
of 2003. Until then, the Scrutiny reserve on this document is
maintained.
15 January 2003
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