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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal we are debating recommends establishing a European quality system for third country seafarers with certificates of competency issued outside the Community working on Community ships. The purpose of this proposal is to ensure that foreign crews working on ships sailing under the flag of a Member State of the Union have been trained and certified in all cases in accordance with international requirements.
The proposal is particularly important if examined in the light of the maritime disasters involving the
and the
. The human factor is a very serious aspect of safety at sea; at the same time, however, it safeguards the marine environment. Thus, all types of crews serving on Community ships must be adequately trained.
Allow me to comment briefly on the main elements of the proposal. First, the proposal introduces a harmonised European system for recognising at Community level third country maritime training and certification systems which meet all the requirements of the SΤCW Convention, the Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for seafarers.
My second point concerns the provision of an efficient procedure for direct action as regards changes to the training and certification system of third countries. The tactic of monitoring and possibly withdrawing recognition, where there is cause to do so, are two vital elements in the text. More importantly, the proposal makes provision for the tactic of re-evaluating all recognised countries every five years.
Thirdly, the key to the proposal is the new European Maritime Safety Agency, the expert opinions and professionalism of which will assist the Commission in these vitally important duties. This new legislative practice will improve the quality and efficiency of the system for recognising seafarers’ certificates under a single Community system.
The Ministers for Transport unanimously reached political agreement on this proposal in March. The examination on the part of the Council allowed us to introduce certain amendments which improve our initial proposal. For example, the recognition of a third country will remain in force unless there is evidence of non-compliance by that third country, in which case recognition will be withdrawn.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the essence of our proposal, the primary concern of which is to ensure that third country crews are professionally competent."@en1
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