Key Benefits:
The President of the Republic,
On the Prime Minister's Report Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Having regard to Articles 52 to 55 of the Constitution;
In view of Act No. 2004-146 of 16 February 2004 authorizing the ratification of the International Labour Organization Conventions No. 163 concerning the welfare of Seafarers, at sea and in ports, No. 164 concerning the protection of the health and medical care of seafarers, No. 166 concerning the repatriation of seafarers, No. 178 concerning the inspection of working conditions and life of seafarers, No. 179 concerning the recruitment and placement of seafarers, No. 180 concerning the working hours of seafarers and the number of ships, No. 185 concerning seafarers' identity documents (revised) and the protocol to Convention No. 147 concerning the minimum standards to be observed on merchant ships;
In view of the amended Decree No. 53-192 of 14 March 1953 on the ratification and publication of international commitments entered into by France,
International Labour Organization Convention No. 163 on the Well-Being of Seafarers, at Sea and in the Sea Ports, adopted in Geneva on 8 October 1987, will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
The Prime Minister And the Minister for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the execution of this Decree, each of which shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
C O N V E N T I O N N ° 163
DE L' ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DU TRAVAIL CONCERNLE BIEN-ÊTRE DES GENS DE MER, EN MER ET DANS LES PORTS, ADOPTÉE À GENEVA LE 8 OCTOBER 1987
The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Convened in Geneva by the Governing Council of the International Labour Office and meeting there on 24 September 1987, at its seventy-fourth session ;
Recalling the provisions of the recommendation on the conditions of residence of seafarers in ports, 1936, and the recommendation on the welfare of seafarers, 1970;
After deciding to adopt various proposals relating to the The well-being of seafarers, at sea and in ports, which is the second item on the agenda of the session;
After deciding that these proposals would take the form of an international convention,
adopts, this eighth Day of October one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven, the following convention, which will be called the Convention on the Welfare of Seafarers, 1987.
Article 1
1. For the purposes of this Convention:
(a) The terms " Seafarers " Or " Marine " Designate all persons employed, in any capacity, on board a seagoing, public or private property, other than a warship;
(b) The terms " Welfare services and services " Designate means and services of welfare, culture, recreation and information.
2. Any Member shall determine by means of its national legislation, after consulting the representative organisations of shipowners and seafarers, which Ships registered in its territory shall be regarded as seagoing vessels for the purposes of the provisions of this Convention relating to the means and services of welfare on board
. To the extent that, after consultation with the organisations representing the shipowners and fishermen, the competent authority considers that this is feasible, it shall apply the provisions of this Convention to the maritime fishery Business.
Article 2
1. Any Member for which this Convention is in force is committed to ensuring that adequate welfare facilities and services are provided to seafarers in both ports and ships.
2. Every Member shall ensure that Arrangements shall be made for the financing of the means and services provided for in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Article 3
1. Every Member undertakes to ensure that welfare facilities and services are provided in the appropriate ports of the country to all seafarers regardless of nationality, race, colour, sex, religion or opinion Any Member shall determine, after consultation with the representative organisations of shipowners and seafarers, which Member States are responsible for the registration of the ship on which they are
. Appropriate ports for the purposes of this Article.
Article 4
Any Member undertakes to ensure that the means and services of well-being on any sea, public or private property, which is Registered in its territory, be accessible to all seafarers on board.
Article 5
Welfare means and services must be reviewed frequently to ensure that Be adapted to the needs of seafarers, taking into account the evolution of technology and exploitation or any new developments in the shipping industry.
Article 6
All Member undertakes:
(a) to cooperate with other Members with a view to ensuring the application of this Convention;
(b) to ensure that the parties involved and interested in promoting the well-being of seafarers, at sea and in the Ports, cooperate.
Article 7
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.
Article 8
1. This Convention shall be binding only on the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.
2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratification by two Members of the Registered by the Director General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification is registered.
Article 9
1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office and By registered. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.
2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not No use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound for a further period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in the Article.
Article 10
1. The Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to it by Members of the International Labour Organization The Organization.
2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which the present Convention will enter into force.
Article 11
The Director General of the International Labour Office will communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for registration, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, complete information on all ratifications and acts of denunciation recorded in accordance with the preceding Articles.
Article 12
Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office will report to the General Conference on the application of this Convention and consider whether to include The Conference's agenda the question of its total or partial revision.
Article 13
1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:
(a) Ratification by a Member of the new Convention Revising, notwithstanding Article 9 above, the immediate termination of this Convention, subject to the entry into force of this Convention;
(b) From the date of entry into force of the This Convention would cease to be open for ratification by Members.
2. This Convention would in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who would have Ratified and who would not ratify the revision agreement.
Article 14
The English and French versions of the text of this agreement are equally authentic.
The preceding text is The authentic text of the Convention duly adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization at its seventy-fourth session, which was held in Geneva and which was declared closed on 9 October 1987
Signed, this sixteenth day of October 1987:
Director General
of the International Labour Office
,
Francis Blanchard
The President of the Conference,
Werner Dollinger
Done at Paris, May 11, 2005.
Jacques Chirac
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Foreign Minister,
Michel Barnier
