Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 (No. 55) - Egypt (Ratification: 1982)

With reference to the comments that it has been making for a number of years, the Committee notes that the Government simply refers to the information provided in its previous reports. In this situation, the Committee cannot but once again ask the Government to take the necessary measures in the near future to give effect to the Convention on the following points.

Article 11 of the Convention.  In its previous comments, the Committee drew the Government’s attention to the fact that section 2(b), in fine, of the Social Insurance Act No. 79, 1975, restricts application of its provisions to foreigners holding a contract of at least one year and is subject to a reciprocal agreement having been concluded, contrary to this provision of the Convention. In its last report, the Government indicated that the abovementioned section 2(b) states that its application is subject to the provisions of international Conventions ratified by Egypt. The Committee takes due note of this information. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide in its next report detailed information on the measures taken to ensure, both in law and in practice, that the provisions of the Convention are applied to foreigners even in the absence of a reciprocal agreement and whatever the length of their contract, particularly in the context of the Egyptian Social Insurance Institute. Please send the text of any implementing regulations (administrative memoranda, circulars, etc.) issued to this effect.