Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the 103rd session of the International Labour Conference concerning amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention

This proposal aims at establishing the Union position on amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 regarding the liability of shipowners with respect to a) compensation for claims for death and personal injury and b) abandonment of seafarers.

Amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), hereinafter ‘the Maritime Labour Convention’, ‘the Convention’ or ‘the MLC’ are on the agenda of the first meeting of the “Special Tripartite Committee”, hereinafter ‘the Committee’.

The MLC establishes minimum working and living standards for all seafarers working on ships flying the flags of ratifying countries. The amendments to be considered by the Committee concern the Code of the MLC, which relates to the way the MLC Articles and Regulations are implemented and which contains both standards and guidelines.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)161: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:161:FIN

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