Legal provisions of COM(2006)288 - Authorising Member States to ratify the 2006 Consolidated Maritime Labour Convention of the ILO

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Article 1

Member States are hereby authorised to ratify, for the parts falling under Community competence, the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, of the International Labour Organisation, adopted on 7 February 2006.

Article 2

Member States should make efforts to take the necessary steps to deposit their instruments of ratification of the Convention with the Director-General of the International Labour Office as soon as possible, preferably before 31 December 2010. The Council will review the progress of the ratification before January 2010.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.