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levels. A 58% of responding Port Authorities considered that it is convenient that the Commission intervenes in this field, while only 26% thought this intervention was not necessary. Later, in May 2013, the Commission has adopted a Regulation proposal on ports and port services that, in principle, does not cover the market access to the cargo handling service. After presenting an extensive study, the Commission recognises that this is a very sensitive issue that, time being, will be left in the hands of “social dialogue” between workers and employers. In March 2012, the Commission had adopted a Regulation Proposal on Ship Recycling that was welcomed by the shipping industry because it declared the non application of the inappropriate Basel Convention and, except in some specific points, it substantially aligned with the Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling (HKC) adopted by the IMO. Things went complicate at the European Parliament when the Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted several draft amendments further diverging from the HKC proposal, including the establishment of a recycling fee to be paid by all vessels cal