多年来,欧盟一直把海事安全问题留给各成员国自己去解决,是因为欧盟在安全领域的权限极其有限。此外,还有一些亟需关注的问题只能依靠欧盟来解决,比如推进海事服务内部市场的正常运转等。2001年9·11事件以来,恐怖活动十分猖獗,有些就发生在欧洲,有些甚至是专门针对航运业的1。这从根本上改变了反恐政策的政治语境,而欧盟机构也不得不在欧盟和国际层面采取一系列新措施,以应对一些亟待解决的问题。本文是这一系列文章中的第四篇,主要总结了欧盟在海运安全立法方面的 For many years, the EU has left the issue of maritime security to its member states for its own settlement because of the extremely limited competence of the EU in the security field. In addition, there are some issues that require urgent attention which can only be solved by the EU, such as promoting the normal operation of the maritime services internal market. Terrorist acts have been rampant since 9/11 2001, some in Europe and some even in the shipping industry. This fundamentally changed the political context of the anti-terrorism policy, and the EU agencies also had to take a series of new measures at the EU and the international level to tackle some urgent problems. This article is the fourth in a series of articles that summarizes the EU’s legislation on maritime safety