Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001174/2025/rev.1
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Pekka Toveri (PPE), Mika Aaltola (PPE), Aura Salla (PPE), Tomas Tobé (PPE), Rasa Juknevičienė (PPE), Sirpa Pietikäinen (PPE), Ville Niinistö (Verts/ALE), Jörgen Warborn (PPE), Dainius Žalimas (Renew), Elsi Katainen (Renew), Rihards Kols (ECR), Nikola Minchev (Renew), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE), Paulius Saudargas (PPE), Hannah Neumann (Verts/ALE), Krzysztof Brejza (PPE), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Renew), Markéta Gregorová (Verts/ALE), Villy Søvndal (Verts/ALE), Alice Teodorescu Måwe (PPE), Arba Kokalari (PPE), Sebastião Bugalho (PPE), Inese Vaidere (PPE), Ondřej Krutílek (ECR), Hélder Sousa Silva (PPE), Henrik Dahl (PPE), Klára Dobrev (S&D), Ľubica Karvašová (Renew), Lucia Yar (Renew), Martin Hojsík (Renew), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Magdalena Adamowicz (PPE), Nora Junco García (ECR), Diego Solier (ECR), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew), Roberts Zīle (ECR), Rasmus Nordqvist (Verts/ALE), Petras Auštrevičius (Renew), Jessica Polfjärd (PPE), Katri Kulmuni (Renew), Andrzej Halicki (PPE), Michał Dworczyk (ECR), Wouter Beke (PPE), Adnan Dibrani (S&D), Sofie Eriksson (S&D), Heléne Fritzon (S&D), Johan Danielsson (S&D), Evin Incir (S&D), Riho Terras (PPE), Per Clausen (The Left), Michał Szczerba (PPE), Francisco Assis (S&D), Liudas Mažylis (PPE), Miriam Lexmann (PPE), Karlo Ressler (PPE), Csaba Molnár (S&D), Sandra Kalniete (PPE), Piotr Müller (ECR)
We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, are writing to express our deep concern regarding recent reports that European and US ship owners have sold at least 230 ageing oil tankers to entities facilitating the Russian shadow fleet.
The shadow fleet enables Russia to circumvent international sanctions, thereby sustaining its oil exports and financing its ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
Despite the restrictive measures that the EU has already imposed on the Russian shadow fleet, the continued sale of tankers to the shadow fleet indicates that current measures may not be sufficient. It has been estimated that the number of hybrid operations will increase in the future, and the shadow fleet poses a significant security and environmental threat, especially to the countries in the Baltic Sea region.
Given this situation:
- 1.What measures is the Commission planning to introduce to prevent the sale of vessels to the shadow fleet?
- 2.How does the Commission plan to effectively track the shadow fleet and block its access to the sea?
Submitted: 19.3.2025