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Council Directive 2009/13/EC of 16 February 2009 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and amending Directive 1999/63/EC
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This Directive implements the Agreement on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, concluded on 19 May 2008 between the organisations representing management and labour in the maritime transport sector (European Community Shipowners’ Associations, ECSA and European Transport Workers’ Federation, ETF) as set out in the Annex.
The Annex to Council Directive 1999/63/EC is amended as follows:
in Clause 1, the following point 3 shall be added:
in Clause 2, points (c) and (d) shall be replaced by the following:
the term “seafarer” means any person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship to which this Agreement applies;
the term “shipowner” means the owner of the ship or another organisation or person, such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the owner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duties and responsibilities imposed on shipowners in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any other organisation or persons fulfil certain of the duties or responsibilities on behalf of the shipowner.’;
Clause 6 shall be replaced by the following:
the effective training of the seafarers concerned, in accordance with established programmes and schedules, would be impaired; or
the specific nature of the duty or a recognised training programme requires that the seafarers covered by the exception perform duties at night and the authority determines, after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organisations concerned, that the work will not be detrimental to their health or well-being.
Clause 13 shall be replaced by the following:
the hearing and sight of the seafarer concerned, and the colour vision in the case of a seafarer to be employed in capacities where fitness for the work to be performed is liable to be affected by defective colour vision, are all satisfactory; and
the seafarer concerned is not suffering from any medical condition likely to be aggravated by service at sea or to render the seafarer unfit for such service or to endanger the health of other persons on board.
a medical certificate shall be valid for a maximum period of two years unless the seafarer is under the age of 18, in which case the maximum period of validity shall be one year;
a certification of colour vision shall be valid for a maximum period of six years.
the period of such permission does not exceed three months; and
the seafarer concerned is in possession of an expired medical certificate of recent date.
Clause 16 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Every seafarer shall be entitled to paid annual leave. The annual leave with pay entitlement shall be calculated on the basis of a minimum of 2,5 calendar days per month of employment and pro rata for incomplete months. The minimum period of paid annual leave may not be replaced by an allowance in lieu, except where the employment relationship is terminated.’.
1.Member States may maintain or introduce more favourable provisions than those laid down in this Directive.
2.The implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for justifying a reduction in the general level of protection of workers in the fields covered by this Directive. This shall be without prejudice to the rights of Member States and/or management and labour to lay down, in the light of changing circumstances, different legislative, regulatory or contractual arrangements to those prevailing at the time of the adoption of this Directive, provided always that the minimum requirements laid down in this Directive are complied with.
3.The application and/or interpretation of this Directive shall be without prejudice to any Community or national provision, custom or practice providing for more favourable conditions for the seafarers concerned.
4.The provision of Standard A4.2 point 5(b) shall not affect the principle of responsibility of the employer as provided for in Article 5 of Directive 89/391/EEC.
Member States shall determine what penalties are applicable when national provisions enacted pursuant to this Directive are infringed. The penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive or shall ensure that management and labour have introduced the necessary measures by agreement, not later than 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive.
2.When Member States adopt provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
3.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
The application of the principle of substantial equivalence mentioned in the preamble of the Agreement is without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States emanating from this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the date of entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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