<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"While the oil tanker Prestige was breaking-up on the high seas the Commission issued a series of separate statements apparently blaming Gibraltar for failing to inspect the ship. In fact, the twenty-six-year-old Liberian tanker, registered in the Bahamas, managed in Greece and chartered by a company in Switzerland on behalf of a Russian oil trader, had docked in Gibraltar only once during the last five years (for refuelling) and had during the same period docked in many European ports including Cork, Dunkirk, Kalamata, Rotterdam (where it was inspected by government agencies in September 1999) and Wilhelmshaven, as well as Algeciras and Las Palmas in Spain (where the ship was declared seaworthy), Latvia and Singapore. The ship had been inspected four times in the US without being detained, and was surveyed in Dubai this year under the auspices of the American Bureau of shipping, the ship's classification society.  Can the Commission confirm that the United Kingdom and its colonies fulfil the obligation to inspect at least 25 % of ships, but that a number of EU Member States, including Denmark, France, Greece and Ireland do not? That being the case, does the Commission now regret its statements attributing blame to Gibraltar, which seem to have been made in order to damage the reputation of Gibraltar rather than to address the serious problems to coastal areas such as Galicia posed by the break-up of oil tankers such as Prestige, and will the Commission undertake to be more considered in its responses in future?  With regard to inspections, does the Commission accept that structural damage of the kind afflicting vessels such as Erika and Prestige is not detected by the kind of inspection which Member States are currently required to undertake, and that better targeting and greater provision of information are in themselves insufficient to solve the problem unless there is a proper regime for structural inspections (normally undertaken by naval architects under the aegis of a ship's classification society)? Does the Commission have any plans to introduce structural inspection regimes for ships docking at EU ports, and what are the obligations of flag states in this regard?  Under recent legislation, single-hull ships can continue to be used until 2015. Prestige was carrying extremely heavy oil, which is extremely polluting and which will cause severe problems for those people living on the Galician coast. Does the Commission plan to introduce legislation requiring very heavy oils or other especially polluting materials to be carried in double-hull vessels from now on?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
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3 = Health
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5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
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18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [10]. </s>
While the oil tanker Prestige was breaking-up on the high seas the Commission issued a series of separate statements apparently blaming Gibraltar for failing to inspect the ship. In fact, the twenty-six-year-old Liberian tanker, registered in the Bahamas, managed in Greece and chartered by a company in Switzerland on behalf of a Russian oil trader, had docked in Gibraltar only once during the last five years (for refuelling) and had during the same period docked in many European ports including Cork, Dunkirk, Kalamata, Rotterdam (where it was inspected by government agencies in September 1999) and Wilhelmshaven, as well as Algeciras and Las Palmas in Spain (where the ship was declared seaworthy), Latvia and Singapore. The ship had been inspected four times in the US without being detained, and was surveyed in Dubai this year under the auspices of the American Bureau of shipping, the ship's classification society.  Can the Commission confirm that the United Kingdom and its colonies fulfil the obligation to inspect at least 25 % of ships, but that a number of EU Member States, including Denmark, France, Greece and Ireland do not? That being the case, does the Commission now regret its statements attributing blame to Gibraltar, which seem to have been made in order to damage the reputation of Gibraltar rather than to address the serious problems to coastal areas such as Galicia posed by the break-up of oil tankers such as Prestige, and will the Commission undertake to be more considered in its responses in future?  With regard to inspections, does the Commission accept that structural damage of the kind afflicting vessels such as Erika and Prestige is not detected by the kind of inspection which Member States are currently required to undertake, and that better targeting and greater provision of information are in themselves insufficient to solve the problem unless there is a proper regime for structural inspections (normally undertaken by naval architects under the aegis of a ship's classification society)? Does the Commission have any plans to introduce structural inspection regimes for ships docking at EU ports, and what are the obligations of flag states in this regard?  Under recent legislation, single-hull ships can continue to be used until 2015. Prestige was carrying extremely heavy oil, which is extremely polluting and which will cause severe problems for those people living on the Galician coast. Does the Commission plan to introduce legislation requiring very heavy oils or other especially polluting materials to be carried in double-hull vessels from now on?