European Economic and Social Committee 19 October 1978, Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Council Decision on the memorandum of understanding of 2 March 1978 between certain maritime authorities on the maintenance of standards on merchant ships

No C 105/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 4. 79 HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION: 1. The Committee does not think that any action should be taken on the Commission's proposal. 2. The Commission is, in fact, proposing a 20% increase in authorizations for 1979 without explaining how this figure is economically justified. 3.