The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo appeared on Sky News this morning, condemning the “unnecessary” Spanish Guardia Civil and Customs incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters yesterday.
The Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has condemned yesterday's incident involving Spanish Guardia Civil vessels once again entering British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, which he says is a clear violation of the international law of the sea.
Vicente Boluda, third generation Shipowner and President of Boluda Corporación Marítima (Boluda CM), heads one of the world’s leading and fastest growing shipping lines. They are present across the Spanish coast, Portugal, France, Italy, North and West Africa, the Indian Ocean and Latin America.
The ESG would like to bring to the public’s attention the fact that bathing water monitoring has now entered a new phase in Europe, and is now also enforced in Gibraltar. Under Directive 2006/7/EC designated bathing waters now need to comply with new standards that are twice as strict as they were prior to 2015.