Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) - Luxembourg (Ratification: 2011)

The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006). It also notes that the Government had previously ratified 20 Conventions on maritime labour which were denounced following the entry into force of the MLC, 2006, in the country. The Committee notes that the amendments to the Code of the Convention approved by the International Labour Conference in 2014, introducing the new Standard A2.5.2 and replacing Standard A4.2 by Standards A4.2.1 and A4.2.2, entered into force in the country on 18 January 2017. It further notes that the Government’s report was received before the entry into force of these amendments.

Legislation implementing the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the Act of 10 July 2011 approved the MLC, 2006, and that its provisions, the application of which does not require transposition, are already in force in the country. The Committee notes that maritime labour law is currently governed by the Act of 9 November 1990, which has the objective of establishing a public maritime register, and that a Bill, supplemented by one or more sets of implementing regulations, will soon be presented to the legislative authority in order to incorporate the provisions of the MLC, 2006. The Committee requests the Government to communicate the new text once it has been adopted and to indicate the relevant provisions for the implementation of the Convention. The Committee proposes to examine the conformity of all the national legislation with the Convention during its next session in November 2018.

[The Government is asked to reply in full to the present comments in 2018.]