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( 1 ) OJ NO L 33 , 8 . 2 . 1979 , P . 32 .

COMMISSION OPINION

OF 15 MAY 1981

ADDRESSED TO THE IRISH GOVERNMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 79/115/EEC CONCERNING THE PILOTAGE OF VESSELS BY DEEP-SEA PILOTS IN THE NORTH SEA AND ENGLISH CHANNEL

( 81/399/EEC )

1 . IN ITS LETTER OF 28 JULY 1980 THE IRISH PERMANENT REPRESENTATION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SENT TO THE COMMISSION , UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF DIRECTIVE 79/115/EEC ( 1 ), THE DRAFT OF A MINISTERIAL MEASURE WHEREBY SHIPOWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF IRISH SHIPS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE THAT VESSELS FLYING THE IRISH FLAG WHICH WISH TO BE PILOTED , USE IN THE NORTH SEA AND THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ONLY ADEQUATELY QUALIFIED DEEP-SEA PILOTS HOLDING A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY WITHIN A STATE BORDERING ON THE NORTH SEA OR ENGLISH CHANNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF THE DIRECTIVE , OR HOLDING A CERTIFICATE CONSIDERED TO BE EQUIVALENT .

2 . EXAMINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS SATISFIED THE COMMISSION THAT THE PUBLICATION OF THE AFORESAID MEASURE WILL FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE DIRECTIVE WHICH CONCERN IRELAND . THE COMMISSION SUGGESTS THAT THE IRISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD , WHILE WAITING FOR DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THE OTHER GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE THE TEXT OF THE MEASURE IN QUESTION , ALREADY CONSIDER ISSUING A COMMUNICATION TO ITS SHIPOWNERS AND SEA CAPTAINS COVERING POINTS 1 AND 2 OF THE DRAFT SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 MAY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

GEORGES CONTOGEORGIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION