COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON A QUESTION FROM THE BELGIAN DELEGATE REGARDING TANKERS AND ITEM 1416 13TH APRIL, 1959

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COORDINATING COifliITTEE
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
A QUESTION FROM THE BELGIAN DELEGATE
REGARDING TANKERS AND ITEM 1416
11th April, 1959
COCOM Doc. No. 34
Present: Belgium(Luxembourg), Canada) Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy) Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, United Kingdom, United
States.
Reference: COGOIMMT Document No. 3300 - Items 1410 and 1416.
1. The CHAIBIL,T drew the Committee's attention to a question put by
the Belgian Delegate at the meeting of the 6th April. He recalled that the
latter has asked whether or not tankers not covered by Item 1410 were covered
by Item 1416 (o), when they included equipment falling under Item 1416 (e).
He invited delegates to make known their views in this connection.
2. The BELGIIT Delegate explained that if his Government had had
some doubts as to the scope of Item 1416 it was because, during the List
Review, the now definition for Item 1416 had been based on old Items 1416
and 1417. It was for this reason that they would like to have confirmation
from the other delegations that tankers not covered by Item 1410 fell within
the terms of Item 1416 (e).
3. The UNITED KINGDOM Delegate said that there was in the view of
his authorities no doubt that the word "vessels" in sub-item 1416 (e) meant
any and all kinds of craft. Separate item numbers in List I had boon given
to certain kinds of vessels because of other embargo characteristics, e.g.
the horse power of ice-breakers (Item 1405), and the speed of fishing vessels
in Item 1416 (a).
4. The GERII~IAN Delegate stated that he shared the view expressed by
his United Kingdom colleague, to the effect that tankers not covered by Item
1410 were of necessity covered by Item 1416 (e), if they had the characte-
ristics defined in Item 1416 (e). In the view of the German experts, the
saxac would apply to ice-breakers not covered by Item 1405 but meeting the
criteria listed in Item 1416 (e), since the latter covered all kinds of
vessels.
5. The NETHERLANDS Delegate stated that his Government shared the
point of view expressed by the Ger~.,an and United Kingdom Delegations.
6. The JAPANESE Delegate agreed with the interpretation given by
the German and United Kingdom Delegates. The Japanese Government considered
that Item 1416 (o), (d) and (e) applied to all types of vessels.
7. The DANISH Delegate, for practical reasons, and the CANADIAN,
FRENCH, NORWEGIAN and UNITED STATES Delegates shared their German, Japanese
and United Kingdom colleagues' view.
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80 The C LAIM"UN concluded with the hope that the unanimous opinion
expressed in the Committee as to the interpretation of Item 1416 would
answer the Belgian Delegation's question and be sufficient to remove any
doubts they might have in this respect.
9. The BELGIAN Dele-ate replied in the affirmativo to the Chairrvmis
remark, and thanked the Committee for the reply given to his Govornmentsd
question.
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