All those supplementary requirements were fully consistent with articles 7, 52 and 221 of the E.E.C.

The supplementary requirements which the committee has added to the areas prioritised by the Commission may help to point development in China in the right direction.

Therefore, more than making amendments, we will have to implement measures to control what is already being done, apart from some supplementary requirements with regard to reviews, especially in relation to the age of the different vessels.