132 (1) Every ship on which a towline is attached to a winch shall have at each steering position a control by means of which any tension in the towline can be reduced immediately.

59 (1) The boundaries of watertight compartments in a floating platform shall contain no more openings than necessary for the operation of the platform and, where penetration of those boundaries is necessary for access, ventilation, piping and cables or any other similar purpose, arrangements shall be made to maintain the strength and watertight integrity of the boundaries.

For cable-less control, an automatic stop must be activated when correct control signals are not received, including loss of communication.

Secondly, the water in the control room of the submarine most likely permitted its entry into at least two main power cables located in the commanding officer's cabin, where each cable was joined to a connector and wrapped with a protective insulator.

Technologies like ADSL(1.1% of EU Internet households) and cable Internet modems (7.8%) are not yet widely diffused but introducing competition to local access networks should bring prices into the reach of far more residential customers.

- 3 - Telecommunications ------------------ The Commission has taken two decisions: - It will propose a directive to supersede the current recommendation and confirm the total opening throughout the Community of public supply contracts for terminals intended for new types of services; - It proposes for conventional terminals and transmission and switching equipment to extend the current 10% opening of public procurement to 40% by 1988 and then gradually to 100% by 1992. An effective steer from Brussels -------------------------------- The Commission will adopt a policy of actively promoting the opening up of public procurement in the Co ...[+++]mmunity and to encourage traders and industrialists to bid across the internal borders.