CELEX: 51978PC0587
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-07
Title: DRAFT FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON PILOTING OF VESSELS BY DEEP-SEA PILOTS IN THE NORTH SEA AND ENGLISH CHANNEL (Submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                    COM(78)587 final
                                                    Brussels , 7 November 1978
                           DRAFT FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON PILOTING
                OF VESSELS BY DEEP-SEA PILOTS IN THE NORTH SEA AND ENGLISH
                                        . CHANNEL
                       ( Submitted "by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                                DRAFT • FOR A
Council Directive on piloting of vessels by deep-cea pilots
in the North Sea and English Channol
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty ©§tafeli§hing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 8^(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the Commieeion'i draft ,
Having retf.-u'- d to the opinion of the European Parliament,'    ■
ti-'j v iufj; regard to the opinion of the Econemic^and Social Committee ,
          ^ \o tho Eurepean Council en 7/8 April 1978 declared that the
:: oii;rriHrd ty /must make it a major object to prevent and combat
marine pollution , in particular by hydrocarbons , and whereas the
European Council on 6/7 July .1978 reaffirmed the need to intensify
action to prevent and combat marine pollution , particularly by
hydrocarbons , and in addition considered it necessary , having regard
to the proposals from various Member States and from the Commission ,
that further measures be taken to increase the safety of seaborne
traffic ;
Whereas for' the sake of safety at sea and of preventing marine
pollution it is necessary to ensure that vessels using' the services
of pilots in the North Sea and English Channel can call on
properly qualified deep-sea pilots , and to promote the employment
of such pilots in vessels -'flying the flags of Member States ;
 ---pagebreak---   JIA3 ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
              .                       Article 1     .
 .1#         The Member States which arc North Sea or English Channel
      coastal states shall take all necessary and appropriate measures
      to ensure that vessels availing therr.n elves of the cervices of a
      pilot for pilotage in the North Sea or English Channel nay be
      provided with adequately qualified deep-sea pilots in possession
      of a certificate delivered by a competent authority of• a
! . Jiember State certifying that such pilots are qualified to pilot
     vessels in the North Sea 'and the English Channel .
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 2#          Each Member "State shall take nil necessary and appropriate
      noasures'to       encourage       vessels flying its national flag
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      which seek pilotago to avail the ns elves , ' in the North- Sea and
      the English Channel , only of the services of the deep-oea pilots
      referred to in paragraph 1#
                                ,     Article 2
        After consulting the Cocmission , Member States shall bring
  into force the laws f regulatio£2wcin&. administrative^ provisions
 necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 19 SO
They ohall forthwith inform the Commission thereof®
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                                      Article 3       ^
        This Directive is addressed to the Uernber States .
        Zor.o at Erucnolo                               v eor Council
 ---pagebreak--- Statements for entry in the minutes of the Council meeting at
which the Directive is finally adopted
Iîe Article 1 :
       The Council and tho Commission otate that the llember States
will be guided , in applying Article 1 of this Directive , by the
content of the agreements to be concluded by tho North Soa coastal
Statoo' pilotage authorities as far as the qualifications of
pilots 'are concerned#
       In the context _of IMCO a proposal for a recommendation . '     7
vill "be Bubaitted aaklas           international ohipping to avail itself,
when oeeking the assistance of deep-sea pilots in tho North Sea
or the English Channel , only of the services of deep-sea pilots in
possession of tho certificate referred to in Articla 1             . of tha
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