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04ROME667
2004-02-23 17:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rome
Cable title:  

IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS

Tags:  EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO 
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UNCLAS ROME 000667 

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO
SUBJECT: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS

REF: STATE 13847

(U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT
ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.

UNCLAS ROME 000667

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO
SUBJECT: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS

REF: STATE 13847

(U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT
ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.


1. ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS,
COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO
REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE
COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE
RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY
FELT THAT A GOOD BALANCE HAD BEEN STRUCK BETWEEN WHAT HE
TERMED "THE RESTRICTIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY-PROTECTIVE" U.S.
POSITION AND THE "LESS RESTRICTIVE" NORWEGIAN POSITION.


2. RATIFICATION: CALIENDO ANTICIPATED THAT THE EU MEMBER
STATES WILL COORDINATE THEIR RATIFICATIONS AND DO THEM MORE
OR LESS AT THE SAME TIME. HE SEES NO DIFFICULTY WITH
RATIFICATION IN ITALY. CALIENDO ASKED WHEN THE U.S. MIGHT
RATIFY THE TREATY.
SEMBLER

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2004ROME00667 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED