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-! ,..' .,* i "" ,,rJ*,; i:rvIl,European CommunitiesEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTW.orking Documentsr97B - t9797 March 1979fIReportdrawn up on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning andTransportRapporteur: Mr W. ALBERSon the draft submitted by the Commission of the European Communities to theICouncil (Doc.627178) for a Council recommendation on thefiatification of thetInternational Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) 'DOCUMENT 640178English EditionPE 57 .225lfin.By letter of 14 February 1979 the President of the Council of theEuropean Communities requested the European Parliament, purEuant to the EECTreaty, to deliver an opinion on the draft submitted by the Comrnission of theEuropean Communities to the Council for a recommendation on the ratificationof the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSc) .The president of the European Parliament referred this draft to theCommittee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Transport.On 22 February 1979 the Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planningand Transport appointed I.!r Albers rapporteur.It considered this draft at its meeting of 23 February 1979.At the same meeting the committee unanimously adopted the motion for aresolution and the explanatory statement.The Comrnittee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Transport decidedto request that the report be considered without dobate in plenary sitting.present: Lord Bruce of Donington, chairman; l,lr Durand, vice-chairman,I,tr Albers, rapporteuri l.!r Amadei (deputizing for l.lr Zagari), Mr Berkhouwer(deputizing for l,lr Cifarelli), l,!r Brugger, !1lr Corrie, litr De1motte, l'lr Galluzzi(deputizing for l4r Pistillo), Mr Jung, !{r Ligios and l,lr seefeld.-3- PE 57 .225/fin.A.B.COrtTENTSPaqeMOTION FOR A RESOI,I}TION 5EXPIATBTORY STATEIIEI{I .. 5PE 57.225/fin.ATtre Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Transporthereby submits to the EuroPean Parliament the following motion for aresolution, together with explanatory statement:IVIOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONembodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the draft submittedby the Cornmission of the European Communities to the Council for arecommendation on the ratification of the International Convention forSafe containers (csc)The European Parliament,- having regard to the draft submitted by the Commission of the EuroPeanCommunitj-es to the councill,- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to theEEC Treaty (Ercc. 627/78 ) ,- having regard to the report of the Conunittee on Regional Policy,Regional Planning and Transport (Doc.640/79) , -approves the Commission's draft.1 oJ No. c 44, L7.2.L979, p.9-5- PE 57.225 /fin.BEXPI,ANATORY STATEII,IENTl. The International Convention for Safe Containers entered into forceon 6 September 1977. The object of this convention, concluded in Genevaon 2 December 1972 within the framework of II'ICO (Inter-GovernmentalMaritime consultative organization), is to prevent divergent nationalsafety provisions from hindering the free international movement ofccntainers.z. The rl4co convention lays down common international safety regurationsconcerning the manufacture, testing, approval and maintenance of allcontainers, with the exception of containers specially designed for airtransport.3. Containers meeting the safety nolrns contained in the convention aregiven a 'CSC safety approval plate' which renders any further inspection'particularly at frontiers, superfl-uous'4.Theconventionisdirectlyapplicabletonewcontainers.Forexisting containers, i.e. those already in use, there is a time limit offive years from the date of entry into force of the convention or' inother words, 5 SePtenber 1982.5. I,he present draft recommendation is addressed to those Member stateswhich have not yet acceded to the convention or have not yet ratified itand urges them to do so before the end of this year'6. So far only France, the Federal Republic of Germany and the unitedKingdomhaveproeeededtoratifytheconvention.Itisunderstoodthatratification will also soon be completed by the Netherlands 'your rapporteur has been informed by a commission representative thatthe other Member States have not yet ratified the convention simply forreasons of interaal procedure and thus not because they have any objectionsto the safetY criteria laid down.7. In addition to the safety considerations, the Commission also advancesin supp.ort of the draft recommendat-ion its concern to avoid distortions ofcompetition and to ensure a harmonious application of the IMCO provisionswithin the Community. Furthermore, the Commission hopes in this t*ay toensure that the Ivlember States will adopt a common position in the eventof any review of the Convention within tlr-e flamework of Il{cO'8. For the reasons set out above the Committee on Regional Policy,Regional Planning and Transport is able to apProve the draft recommendationand calts upon the Member States to ratify the Convention for Safe Containersat the earliest opportunitY.-6- PE 57.225/fin.

Report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Transport on the draft submitted by the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 627/78) for a Council recommendation on the ratification of the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC). EP Working Documents, document 640/78, 7 March 1979

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