Translation of "Convention concernant les congés payés des marins " (French → English) :

The Union has acceded to the following instruments, establishing regional organisations, whose activities are also covered by the Agency’s objectives: the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention as revised in 1992) ; the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention) , and its 1995 revision and to a number of protocols thereto; the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances (Bonn Agreement) ; the Conventio ...[+++]n for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) ; the Cooperation Agreement for the protection of the coasts and waters of the north-east Atlantic against pollution, signed on 17 October 1990 (Lisbon Agreement) , with the Additional Protocol thereto, signed on 20 May 2008, which have not yet entered into force .

All cross-industry employer organisations agree that the current rules are too rigid and complex, and stress the need to amend the SIMAP-Jaeger case law in particular, as well as the recent rulings on paid annual leave[6].

Replies highlighted difficulties with one aspect of the law relating to paid annual leave – the rulings in Schultz-Hoff and Stringer [37], which held that a worker who is absent from work for reasons (such as illness) outside his control is still entitled to paid annual leave in respect of that period.

39. Calls on the Member States to implement rules establishing paid maternity/paternity leave following the birth of a child and to promote the use of the right to parental leave shared equitably between women and men; urges the Member States, to this end, to combat the economic, social and cultural prejudices associated with the right of parental leave for men; calls on the Commission to revise Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996 on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC [6]; considers that parental leave, with a simultaneous guarantee of job retention, should be taken up by both fathers ...[+++] and mothers; advocates a system of incentives which will encourage partners to share parental leave, and recompense for the costs associated with bringing up children; calls on the Commission to consult both sides of industry on possible changes to the reforms concerning parental leave which were introduced in 1996, the purpose of which might be to extend the minimum period of three months to six;

(11) Regard should be had to the existing agreements on accidental pollution, such as the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances, 1983 (Bonn Cooperation Agreement), which facilitate mutual assistance and cooperation between Member States in this field, as well as to the relevant international conventions and agreements for the protection of European maritime areas from pollution incidents, such as the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 (OPRC Convention) developed under the auspices of the IMO, the Convention for the Protecti ...[+++]on of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic of 22 September 1992 (OSPAR Convention), the Barcelona Convention, the Helsinki Convention and the Lisbon Agreement.

Every seafarer shall be entitled to paid annual leave of at least four weeks, or a proportion thereof for periods of employment of less than one year, in accordance with the conditions for entitlement to, and granting of, such leave laid down by national legislation and or/practice.