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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)644 final
Brussels,23October1980
ProposalforaSecond
COUNCILDECISION
onthecollectionofinformation concerning theactivitiesofcarriers
participating incargolinertrafficincertainareasofoperation
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0K<80)644-final

PROPOSAL FOR ASECOND COUNCIL DECISION ONTHE COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OFCARRIERS PARTICIPA­
TING INCARGO LINER TRAFFIC INCERTAIN AREAS OFOPERATION
(Explanatory Memorandum )
Under Council Decision No.79/4/EEC of19December 1978 (1)the
Member States have been collecting andforwarding totheCommission informa­
tion about cargo liner services on the routes between theCommunity and
East Africa andbetween theCommunity andCentral America .This monitoring
exercise began on1January 1979 and isdue toendon31December 1980 .It
wasundertaken /because ofconcern about ,thepossibility that certain carriers
onthese routes were notfollowing the rules ofcompetition inaccordance
with theprinciple ?ofmarket economy andwere adversely affecting thecompe­
titive position ofMember State shipping .
2. Theinformation supplied bytheMember States ,supplemented byinforma­
tion obtained bytheCommission from other sources ,hasbeen thesubject of
aconfindential report bytheCommission totheCouncil .Confidentially .
isnecessary inorder tosafeguard commercially sensitive information *.parti­
cularly about freight rates .However ,theinformation confirms that there "
aregrounds forconcern about thecompetition ofcertain operators inthe
trades inquestion .Inthe .case oftheCentral America trade ,oneoperator
from outside theCommunity hasobtained adisproportionately large share in
thecarriage oftwokeycommodities byoffering very lowfreight rates ."In
theEast Africa ^trade themarket penetration bytheoperator from thesame
third country hasbeen less extensive ,but ithasbeen quoting freight rates
such that Member State shipowners have hadtoaccept dangerous loss ofrevenue
inorder tostay incompetition . -
3. TheCommission believes that inthis situation themonitoring ofthese
twotrades should becontinued forafurther twoyears ,that isuntil the
end of ,1982 .
4. TheCommission also takes theview that themonitoring system should be
extended tocoverthe cargo liner trade between theCommunity andtheFar
East .This isavery important trade where the liner conference concerned
(1)O.J. No.L5,9.1.79 ,page 31 /.

iscompetingagainstnotonlyanumberofnon-conference members,butalso
theTrans-Siberian Railway'scontainerservice.TheCommission proposes
thattheMemberStatesshouldmonitorthesea-borne tradeonthisroute
fortwoyearsbeginning on1January1981underanextensiontotheexisting
surveillance system;itwoulditselfproposetoobtain,concurrently ,impro­
vedinformation abouttheplaceoftheTrans-Siberian RailwayintheEurope-
FarEasttransport system.
5.SinceintheFarEasttradeandtheEastAfricatrademuchuseismade
ofcharteredships,theinformation requiredabout"Flag"underthemonitoring
systemasitexiststodaydoesnotgivesufficientinsightintotheactivities
ofthelineroperators concerned.TheCommission proposes,therefore,that
thesystemshouldbemodified,asfrom1January1981,soastorequire
information tobeprovidedaboutthenameofthecompanyinchargeofthe
commercial operationofthevessel.
6.Inthelightoftheinformation tobecollectedaboutthethreetrades
inquestion,thepossibleneedtoadoptappropriate counter-measures ,as
envisagedinCouncilDecision No.78/774/EECof19September 1978(1),should
bekeptundercontinousreview.
(1)O.J.No.L258,21.9.78,page35.

PROPOSAL FOR ASECOND COUNCIL DECISION ONTHECOLLECTION OFINFORMATION
CONCERNING THEACTIVITIES OFCARRIERS PARTICIPATING INCARGO LINER TRAFFIC
INCERTAIN AREAS OFOPERATION
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community /
andinparticular Article 84 (2)thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 78/774/EECof19September 1978 con­
cerning theactivities ofcertain third countries inthefield ofcargo
shipping (1), - •
Having regard totheproposal for adecision submitted bytheCommission ,
Whereas the information collected under Council Decision 79/4/EEC of
19December 1978 onthe collection ofinformation ,concerning the activities
ofcarriers participating incargo liner traffic incertain areas Qf
operation (2)gives grounds forconcern about thecompetitive position of
Member State shipping companies because ofthenature ofthecompetition
which they face from certain carriers inthetrades inquestion ,and whereas
the collection ofinformation about these trades should therefore continue ;
Whereas there are indications that the competitive position ofMember
State shipping companies isbeing adversely affected inthe trade between
theCommunity andthe FarEast bycompetition from certain carriers which
are notfollowing the rules ofcompetition inaccordance with theprin­
ciples ofmarket economy ,andwhereas this trade also should therefore be
monitored ;
<1)O.J. No.L258,21.9.1978 ,p.35
(2)O.J. No.L5,9.1.1979 ,p..31

-2-
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
Article 1
CouncilDecision 79/4/EECisherebyamended -
asfollows:
1.inArticle1,"31-December1980"shallbereplacedby"3VDecember1982".
2.inAnnexI(Informationtobecollected)(2)(a)shallbereplaced
bythefollowing:"(a)Flagandnameofcompanyresponsiblefor
theservice".
3.,thefollowingparagraphshallbeaddedtoAnnexII(Listof-areas
of-operation):
"3.BetweentheMemberStatesandtheFarEast(Japan,Taiwan,
HongKong,Malaysia,Singapore,RepublicofKorea,thePhilippines,
Thailand).
Article2
TheamendmentssetoutinArticle 1shall
takeeffectasfrom1January1981.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident