# European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA)/European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) Agreement on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: flag State responsibilities for the enforcement of Directive 2009/13/EC

European Parliament procedure 2012/0065(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee EMPL / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 16 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2012-10-16 and 2012-10-25.

## What the amendments focus on

A legislative file on a social-partner agreement implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, concerning flag State responsibilities for enforcing Directive 2009/13/EC. The amendments build an inspection and certification system for seafarers' working and living conditions on ships flying a Member State's flag, allowing authorisation of recognised independent organisations, setting inspection intervals not exceeding three years, requiring inspector competence and confidentiality, and complaint-investigation procedures.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Phil BENNION | United Kingdom | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112014.md |
| Gesine MEISSNER | Germany | ALDE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96870.md |
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS | Greece | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97011.md |
| Knut FLECKENSTEIN | Germany | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96840.md |
| Jutta STEINRUCK | Germany | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96831.md |
| Dominique VLASTO | France | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5737.md |
| Dominique RIQUET | France | RE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96885.md |

## Official source documents

- PE497.857: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-497.857+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE498.018: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-498.018+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-0065-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-0065-COD.json

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