By mid-March, an agreement on cooperation shall be prepared, which will regulate joint inspections of small and unconventional vessels by representatives of the Executive Agency Maritime Administration, the Border Police Directorate General and the Ministry of Environment and Water. This was decided by the Committee on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protection from Ship Pollution. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Transport and Communications and was chaired by Deputy Minister Anna Mihneva-Natova.
‘The aim is to strengthen the control and to prevent the entry of personal watercraft and yachts into protected natural areas during the summer season,’ Deputy Minister Natova said. In her words, when the rules for coordination between the regional units of the control institutions are spelled out, this will significantly improve the effectiveness of the inspections.
The meeting was attended by Milena Raykova, Deputy Minister of Finance; Kiril Tsenkin, Deputy Minister of Interior; Tihomir Stoychev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Angelina Boneva, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works; Ventsislav Ivanov, Executive Director of EA Maritime Administration; Hristo Hristov, Chairman of the National Board for Accident Investigation in Air, Water and Rail Transport and others.