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Levelling downwards – that is the technique constantly used by Brussels to harmonise European and non-European legislation. In this case it is the certificates issued to seafarers. The recognition of certificates issued ‘outside the European Union’ is simpler than the scheme in force within the EU. That inevitably leads to the recruiting of more seafarers outside Europe than in it. This report recommends that our recognition procedures be simplified, but not that existing procedures outside the EU be brought up to the same standard, which would have had the advantage of limiting the numerous cases of fraud which occur. We must not sell off our seafarers’ diplomas and qualifications on the cheap. Their occupations are difficult, and the constraints attached to them – low wages, long voyages, restrictive working conditions – certainly do not encourage young people’s interest in training for them. This is a market in which there is a growing shortage of qualified workers, and that works to the advantage of a cheap and under-qualified labour force from the countries of Asia and elsewhere in the East. We must restore the career ladder, and attach importance to diplomas and qualification certificates, not the contrary. Finally, we must abolish flags of convenience on the rust buckets which swarm over and pollute our seas and oceans."@en1
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