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This directive is far from perfect – the States must be able to demand that the rules in force for land-based personnel should apply to seafaring crew carrying out self-handling activities cited in the annex to the directive – but it is welcome nonetheless.
The reluctance shown by some companies merely demonstrates a categorical rejection of the opening up of port services to competition. This autocratic logic is not just a rejection of the principle of a market economy. The formal declarations on maintaining public service obligations, the guarantee of jobs and the preservation of safety and the environment in ports – which are perfectly legitimate objectives that nobody is disputing – conceal the far less noble desire to defend monopolies, in particular trade union monopolies, that some believe to be untouchable.
The implementation of a large-scale project such as ‘Port 2000’ in Le Havre, the largest French port in terms of container goods trading, clearly shows that our ports and companies in the sector are not afraid of the introduction of a more competitive dynamic into port services. On the contrary, by equipping themselves with the infrastructure necessary to prepare for the future, ports will be able to meet the challenge posed by the opening up of the market and overcome it."@en1
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