Encl. (1) to COMDTINST 16711.12A
(c)
to satisfy itself that measures for the effective control of other shipboard conditions of
employment and living arrangements, where it has no effective jurisdiction, are agreed
between shipowners or their organizations and seafarers' organizations constituted in
accordance with the substantive provisions of the Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, and the Right to Organise and
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949;
(d)
to ensure that -
(i)
adequate procedures - subject to over-all supervision
by the competent
authority, after tripartite consultation amongst that authority and the representative
organisations of shipowners and seafarers where appropriate - exist for the
engagement of seafarers on ships registered in its territory and for the investigation
of complaints arising in that connection;
(ii)
adequate procedures - subject to over-all supervision by the competent authority,
after tripartite consultation amongst that authority and the representative
organisations of shipowners and seafarers where appropriate - exist for the
investigation of any conplaint made in connection with and, if possible, at the time
of the engagement in its territory of seafarers of its own nationality on ships
registered in a foreign country, and that such complaint as well as any complaint
made in connection with and, if possible, at the time of the engagement in its
territory of foreign seafarers on ships registered in a foreign country, is promptly
reported by its competent authority to the competent authority of the country in
which the ship is registered, with a copy to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office;
(e)
to ensure that seafarers employed on ships registered in its territory are properly
qualified or trained for the duties for which they are engaged, due regard being had
to the Vocational training (Seafarers) Recommendation, 1970;
(f)
to verify by inspection or other appropriate means that ships registered in its
territory comply with applicable international labour Conventions in force which it
has ratified, with the laws and regulations required by subparagraph (a) of this
Article and, as may be appropriate under national law, with applicable collective
agreements;
(g)
to hold an official inquiry into any serious marine casualty involving ships
registered in its territory particularly those involving injury and/or loss of life, the
final report of such inquiry normally to be made public.
Article 3
Any Member which has ratified this Convention shall, in so far as practicable, advise its nationals
on the possible problems of signing on a ship registered in a State which has not ratified the
Convention, until it is satisfied that standards equivalent to those fixed by this Convention are being
applied. Measures taken by the ratifying State to this effect shall not be in contradiction with the
principle of free movement of workers stipulated by the treaties to which the two States concerned
may be parties.