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The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report, in particular its indication that, during 2005, the personnel department of the merchant navy issued 275 boarding documents and 991 boarding permits. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in accordance with Part V of the report form, general information on the application of the Convention including, for instance, statistical data on the number of fishers signed on each year, copies of collective agreements currently in effect for the fishing sector, extracts from labour inspection service reports containing the number and nature of the contraventions reported, details of the number and tonnage of the fishing vessels in operation which are covered by the Convention, and any other relevant information that would enable the Committee to assess the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice in the country.
The Committee refers to the comments it made in 1984 and 1987 concerning the observations transmitted through the World Confederation of Labour, by the APEEF (Association of Employees on Board Ships of the Fishing Refrigeration Firm of Uruguay) alleging that FRIPUR (the Fishing Refrigeration Firm of Uruguay) "does not make labour contracts with its fishermen", and that "expenses for food are deducted from the crews' income".
The Committee notes the information and documents supplied by the Government in its report to the effect that, in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement of 22 August 1986, the relationship between the fishermen and the shipowner "shall be set down in the corresponding articles of agreement" (section 2), and that food "during employment on board shall form part of the vessel's provisions, and therefore shall be at the expense of the shipowner" (section 10). The Committee also notes that the Council of State has approved Legislative Decree No. 15.523 which establishes the employment relationship through contract between the parties.