Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

With reference to its previous comments over a number of years with regard to Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report. The Government refers to the establishment of an administrative committee responsible for the administration and supervision of registers of seafarers in the merchant marine, and to the establishment of a bipartite advisory committee consisting of two representatives of the shipowners and two representatives of the seamen. The Committee has also taken note of the fact that the draft Decree to reorganize the Registration Service for Seafarers in the Merchant Marine has not been approved. The Committee hopes that the Government will provide, in its future reports, copies of any texts adopted to implement the Convention and that it will also supply general information on the practical application of the Convention.

The Committee also draws the attention of the Government to the new instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference relating to the subject-matter of this Convention, namely, the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention (No. 179) and Recommendation (No. 186), adopted in 1996.