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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)249 final .
Brussels .5June 1978
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL DECISION
onnegotiation "bytheEuropean Economic Community foraccession
totheInternational Convention onTraining and
Certification ofMariners
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Commission inits communication tothe Council on
marine pollution from thetransport ofhydrocarbons (COM(78)l8*f
final )urged theneed forjoint action bytheMember States
with respect tocrew qualification inorder toimprove shipping
safety standards .
IMCO iscalling aconference inJune with aview to
theconclusion ofaConvention ontheTraining and Certification
ofMariners .Accession bytheCommunity tothis Convention is
clearly necessary totheattainment ofits (theCommunity 's)
objectives inthe fields ofthecommon transport policy ,the
environment ,vocational training and free movement ofworkers .
The recommended Decision would authorize the Commission
totake part inthenegotiations atthe IMCO Conference onthe
Training and Certification ofMariners with aview tothe
Community 'sacceding totheConvention being prepared .

RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION
onnegotiation "bytheEuropean Economic Community foraccession
totheInternational Convention onTraining andCertification of
Mariners
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,
HAVING REGARD totherecommendation from theCommission ,
WHEREAS theEuropean Council atitssession inCopenhagen on •
7/8April considered that theCommunity must make theprevention
andcombating ofmarine pollution ,particularly byhydrocarbons ,
amajor objective ,andcalled upon theCouncil ,acting ona
proposal from theCommission ,andupon theMember States to
take appropriate action within theCommunity without delay
andtoadopt common attitudes intherelevant international
bodies with respect inparticular totheframing andimplementation
ofeffective anti–pollution measures :
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WHEREAS theEuropean Communities *action programmes ontheenvironment
underscore theimportance totheCommunity ofaction against marine
pollution ingeneral ,provide inter alia forCommunity operations
against pollution from transport andshipping ,andspecify that
protection oftheseainorder topreserve vital ecological equilibria
isapriority task :
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WHEREAS Community aotion inthis field must dovetail with the
action bythespecialized international organizations ;
WHEREAS theInternational Convention ontheTraining and
Certification ofMariners iscalculated todomuch toimprove the
safety ofships ;
WHEREAS common rules onthetraining andcertification ofmariners
areanecessary stage infacilitating theactual exercise offree
movement ofmariners intheCommunity ,andwill serve tofurther
thesmooth development both ofthenational economies andofthe
Common Market ;
WHEREAS accession bytheCommunity totheConvention isnecessary
totheattainment ,intheoperation oftheCommon Market ,ofthe
Community 'sobjectives inthefields ofthecommon transport policy ,
theenvironment ,vocational training andfree movement ofworkers ,
and whereas theCommunity should therefore take part inthese
negotiations ;
DECIDES ]
Sole Article
TheCommission isauthorized totake part ,within the
sphere oftheCommunity 'sjurisdiction ,inthenegotiations atthe
International Conference ontheTraining andCertification of '
Mariners ,with aview totheCommunity 'sacceding totheConvention
there being prepared .
Done at
For the Council
The President