MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION DIRECTIVE ADOPTED.

• Position: Brief article

The EU Council of Ministers definitively adopted, on 16 February, the directive aimed at transposing into Community law the provisions of the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention. The text had been the subject of an agreement between the European social partners. It sets up a genuine maritime labour code at Community level concerning, among other things, the working hours and rest times of sailors, accommodation, health...