MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION.

• Position: Brief article

The Council of Ministers approved, on 17 December, a proposal for a directive aiming to transpose into Community law the provisions of the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Maritime Labour Convention. The text was the subject of an agreement between the European social partners, in this case the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF). It puts in place a true maritime labour code at Community level, affecting, among other things, working time and rest periods for...