European Parliament 17 December 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-3796/02 by Dirk Sterckx (ELDR) to the Commission. Places of refuge for vessels in distress.

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission (7 February 2003) The infringement proceedings (1) against Portugal to which the Honourable Member refers are concerned with the transposition into national law of Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies.