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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels,7November1978
DRAFTFORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE ONPILOTING
OFVESSELSBYDEEP-SEAPILOTSINTHENORTHSEAANDENGLISH
.CHANNEL
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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DRAFT •FORA
Council Directive onpiloting ofvessels bydeep-cea pilots
intheNorth Seaand English Channol
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty ©§tafeli§hing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 8^(2 )thereof ,
Having regard totheCommieeion'i draft ,
Having retf. -u'-dtotheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament,' ■
ti-'jviufj;regard totheopinion oftheEconemic^and Social Committee ,
^\othoEurepean Council en7/8April 1978 declared that the
::oii;rriHrd ty/must make itamajor object toprevent and combat
marine pollution ,inparticular byhydrocarbons ,andwhereas the
European Council on6/7July .1978 reaffirmed theneed tointensify
action toprevent and combat marine pollution ,particularly by
hydrocarbons ,and inaddition considered itnecessary ,having regard
totheproposals from various Member States and from theCommission ,
that further measures betaken toincrease thesafety ofseaborne
traffic ;
Whereas for' the sake ofsafety atsea and ofpreventing marine
pollution itisnecessary toensure that vessels using' theservices
ofpilots intheNorth Seaand English Channel can call on
properly qualified deep-sea pilots ,and topromote theemployment
ofsuch pilots invessels -'flying theflags ofMember States ;

JIA3ADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
. Article 1.
.1#TheMemberStateswhicharcNorthSeaorEnglishChannel
coastalstatesshalltakeallnecessaryandappropriatemeasures
toensurethatvesselsavailingtherr.nelvesofthecervicesofa
pilotforpilotageintheNorthSeaorEnglishChannelnaybe
providedwithadequatelyqualifieddeep-seapilotsinpossession
ofacertificatedeliveredbyacompetentauthorityof•a
!.JiemberStatecertifyingthatsuchpilotsarequalifiedtopilot
vesselsintheNorthSea'andtheEnglishChannel.
, .\ J -
2#EachMember"Stateshalltakenilnecessaryandappropriate
noasures'to encourage vesselsflyingitsnationalflag
0»whichseekpilotagotoavailthenselves,'intheNorth-Seaand
theEnglishChannel,onlyoftheservicesofthedeep-oeapilots
referredtoinparagraph 1#
,Article2
AfterconsultingtheCocmission,MemberStatesshallbring
intoforcethelawsfregulatio£2wcin& .administrative ^provisions
necessarytocomplywiththisDirectivenotlaterthan1January19SO
TheyohallforthwithinformtheCommissionthereof®
• .••••'
Article3 ^
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheUernberStates.
Zor.oatErucnolo veorCouncil

Statements forentry intheminutes oftheCouncil meeting at
which theDirective isfinally adopted
IîeArticle 1:
The Council and tho Commission otate that the llember States
will beguided ,inapplying Article 1ofthis Directive ,bythe
content oftheagreements tobeconcluded bythoNorth Soacoastal
Statoo' pilotage authorities asfarasthequalifications of
pilots 'are concerned#
Inthecontext _ofIMCO aproposal forarecommendation .' 7
vill "beBubaitted aaklas international ohipping toavail itself ,
when oeeking theassistance ofdeep-sea pilots inthoNorth Sea
ortheEnglish Channel ,only oftheservices ofdeep-sea pilots in
possession ofthocertificate referred toinArticla 1 .oftha
Diroctive . ' '