9 January 2009
The European Union Council of Ministers has approved a proposal for an EU directive to enact the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Maritime Labour Convention into EU law. The text of the proposal, on 17 December, was the subject of an agreement between the European Community Shipowners' Association and the European Transport Workers' Federation. The new maritime labour code will cover seafarers' working time and rest periods, accommodation, health protection and healthcare. It will come into force after its ratification by the required number of countries, and member states will then have 12 months to bring it in at their national level. No EU member state has yet ratified the IMO convention
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