§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade what decision the Council has taken under article 84.2 of the Treaty of Rome as to the extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport.
§ Mr. TebbitThe EEC Council of Ministers has taken no general decision in relation to policy on sea and air transport. Specific issues have been considered on a case by case basis. No measures have yet been adopted concerning air transport. But on the shipping side, a number 505W of decisions have been taken unanimously under article 84.2. These have included the establishment of a consultation procedure on relations with third countries, a decision to monitor certain liner trade routes, directives concerning the entry of tankers into Community ports and pilot-age, and a regulation on accession to the United Nations Convention on a code of conduct for liner conferences.