Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 92) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes with interest that on 12 February 2010, Croatia ratified the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). The entry into force for Croatia of the MLC, 2006, will result in the denunciation of, inter alia, the present Convention. Pending the entry into force of the MLC, 2006, however, the Committee will continue to examine the conformity of national legislation with the relevant requirements of the present Convention.

Articles 6–11, 13, 15 and 16 of the Convention. Crew accommodation requirements. In its previous comments, the Committee identified several crew accommodation requirements with respect to which no specific provision seems to exist in the national legislation. The Government has indicated that the relevant provisions of Part 20 of the Rules on technical supervision of seagoing ships of 1999 would be amended or supplemented to fully reflect the provisions of the Convention. In its latest report, the Government refers to new Rules for statutory certification of ships, also implementing Title 3 of the MLC, 2006, which should be introduced in early 2010. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made in the adoption of the new Rules and to transmit a copy once they have been adopted.

Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for instance, information on the number of seafarers and ships covered by the measures giving effect to the Convention and extracts from reports of the inspection services showing the number and nature of any infringements observed and any difficulties encountered in the application of the Convention, as well as copies of official publications.