iii) F.ndelig har Secrétama forsøg: at afvise, at rede rikomitéerne havde noget som helst ansvar for anvendelsen af sanktionsmekanismerne, ved at hævde, at disse »eventuelle hindringer ... på ingen måde skyldtes rederikomitéernes praksis· (jf. nr. 4. ii)).
(iii) lastly, Secrétama endeavoured to deny that the Shipowners' Committees had any responsibility for imposing penalties, maintaining that 'any legal barriers which may exist are not in any way the result of practices of the Shipowners' Committees' (see point 4 (ii)).