Activities of Philippe DE BACKER related to 2011/0239(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the minimum level of training of seafarers
Amendments (3)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Further delays in transposing the Manila amendments to the STCW Convention in European legislation should be avoided, in order to keep up the competitiveness of European seafarers as well as to uphold safety on board ships through up-to-date training of crews.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 11
Article 15 – paragraph 11
11. With due regard for the general principles of the protection of the health and safety of workers, Member States may have national laws, regulation or a procedure for the competent authority to authorise or register collective agreements permitting exceptions to the required hours of rest in paragraph 4(b) and 5 provided that the rest period is no less than 70 hours in any 7-day period. Such exceptions shall, in accordance with directive 1999/63/EC, as far as possible, follow the standards set out but may take account of more frequent or longer leave periods, or the granting of compensatory leave and should equfor seafarers working on board ships on short voyages. Exceptions shally, as far as possible, take into account the guidance regarding prevention of fatigue laid down in section B-VIII/1 of the STCW Code.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Directive 2008/106/EC
Article 25a – paragraph 3
Article 25a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27a in order to establish appropriate measures for collecting, storing and analysing this information; this shall be done in compliance with the data protection requirements as established in European legislation. The information, as well as the results of analyses based on that information, shall be communicated, collected, stored and analysed in an anonymous format.'.