(Acts adopted under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union) COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION 2005/667/JHA of 12 July 2005 to strengthen the criminal-law framework for the enforcement of the law against ship-source pollution THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 31(1)(e) and 34(2)(b) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), Whereas: (1) The Action Plan of the Council and the Commission on how best to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on an area of freedom, security and justice (2) and the conclusions of the Tampere European Council of 15 and 16 October 1999, and in particular point 48 thereof, call for proposals for legislation to combat environmental crime, in particular common penalties and comparable procedural guarantees. (2) The fight against intentional or seriously negligent shipsource pollution constitutes one of the...