Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 92) - Egypt (Ratification: 1982)

Articles 6–17 of the Convention. Crew accommodation requirements. In its previous comments, the Committee observed that the national legislation did not give effect to any of the technical accommodation standards set out in Articles 6–17 of the Convention, such as those related to the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms, size of berths, lighting, ventilation, heating, mess rooms, sanitary facilities and hospital accommodation. In this respect, the Committee recalls that a legislative gap analysis, which was prepared in 2010 with the support of the Office with a view to assisting the Government with its preparations for the ratification of the MLC, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006), similarly concluded that in a possible amendment to Maritime Law No. 8 of 1990, provision should be made for practically every aspect of crew accommodation contained in Title 3 of the MLC, 2006. The Committee further notes that a workshop on the MLC, 2006, was conducted by the Office in Alexandria in 2015. In its reply, the Government indicates that work is under way to bring national legislation into conformity with the provisions of Convention No. 92. The Government further indicates that the legislative committees continue their sessions so as to bring into conformity relevant national legislation with the provisions of the MLC, 2006, in preparation for its effective implementation before ratification. The Committee requests the Government to take all the necessary steps in order to bring its maritime legislation into conformity with the requirements of this Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any developments in the process of ratification of the MLC, 2006.