Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147) - Aruba

The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the following points:

Article 2(a) of the Convention.  (Conventions listed in the Appendix to Convention No. 147, but not declared applicable to Aruba.)

Conventions Nos. 55, 56 and 130.  In order to allow the Committee to assess the substantial equivalence of the social security measures with the provisions of Convention Nos. 55, 56 and 130, respectively, the Committee requests the Government to indicate which of these three Conventions the Government intends to apply for the purposes of substantial equivalence. Please also indicate the specific provisions of the national legislation substantially equivalent to the selected Convention and provide copies of the respective laws and regulations.

Convention No. 134 (Articles 4 and 7).  Recalling that the essential features of Article 2(a) of Convention No. 147in relation to Articles 4 and 7 of Convention No. 134 would be that there exist laws or regulations on the subjects listed in Article 4(3); and that one or more crew members should be appointed as responsible for accident prevention under Article 7, the Committee asks the Government to indicate national laws or regulations dealing with these subjects and providing for such appointment as well as provide copies of the relevant provisions.

Article 2(b).  The Committee asks the Government to describe the measures taken to ensure effective jurisdiction or control in respect of the observance of the laws, regulations and awards or decisions of competent courts dealing with the matters mentioned in this subparagraph.

Article 2(f).  The Committee asks the Government to describe the inspection or other arrangements which exist to verify compliance with the various standards mentioned in this subparagraph and to provide details of the functioning of these arrangements.

Article 4.  The Committee asks the Government to describe any measures taken in pursuance of this Article and to provide information on the functioning of these measures (such as the number and nature of cases considered and the nature of any action taken).