Legal provisions of COM(2008)320 - Authorisation of Member States to ratify the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007, of the ILO (Convention 188)

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Article 1

Member States are hereby authorised to ratify, for the parts falling under the exclusive competence of the Union, the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007, of the International Labour Organisation, adopted on 14 June 2007.

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 2012. The Council will review the progress of the ratification before January 2012.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.