Aid to shipbuilding (implementation of the OECD agreement)

In adopting the report by Mrs Ludivina GARCIA ARIAS (PSE, E), Parliament approved the proposal for a regulation with the following amendments: - Parliament wished to see the date of entry into force of the regulation put back until the ratification of the OECD agreement on normal conditions of competition in the shipyard construction and repair industry and also sought a similar postponement for Council Directive 94/73/EC on aid to shipbuilding (now with an upper limit of 9%); - it called for the Commission to be able to request an early renegotiation of the agreement in cases of default (and where necessary, for the Commission to invoke the suspension of the regulation as provided under article 14); - it called for the adoption of this regulation to be followed by the adoption of the regulation on protection against prejudicial pricing practices in the shipbuilding sector. �