Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Certification of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 (No. 69) - Guinea - Bissau (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention. Ship’s cook certificate of qualification. Examinations for the granting of certificates of qualification. The Committee takes note that a comparative analysis of the MLC, 2006, and national legislation was carried out with the Office’s assistance, and that the MLC, 2006, is before the Popular National Assembly for consideration. The Committee further notes that, in its earlier comments, it had emphasised that Convention No. 69 only allows the competent authority – not the captain – to grant exemptions from the obligation of the ship’s cook to hold a certificate of qualification, and solely in the event of an inadequate supply of certified ships’ cooks. The Committee had also recalled that it is for the national authority to make arrangements for the holding of examinations and for the granting of certificates of qualification. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the fact that the minimum standards on training and qualification of ship’s cook have been incorporated in Regulation 3.2(3), Standard A3.2 and Guideline B3.2.2 of the MLC, 2006, and therefore the application of the provisions of Convention No. 69 would facilitate the implementation of the corresponding provisions of the MLC, 2006. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the adoption of legislation giving effect to Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention and on the ratification process of the MLC, 2006.