S.I. No. 532/2003 - European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003


I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purposes of giving effect to Directive 1999/63/EC of the Council of 21 June 19991 and to Directive 1999/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 19992 , hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1.        These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003.

Interpretation

2.        (1)        In these Regulations -

“authorised officer” means a person appointed under Regulation 11;

“Competent Authority” means the Marine Survey Office of the Department;

“complaint” means any information or report submitted by a seafarer, a professional body, an association, a trade union or, generally any person with an interest in the safety of the ship, including an interest in the safety or health of seafarers;

“Department” means the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;

“Directive” means, as the context admits or requires, Directive 1999/63/EC or Directive 1999/95/EC and a reference to the Directives is a reference to each of them;

“Directive 1999/63/EC” means Directive 1999/63/EC of the Council of 21 June 1999;

“Directive 1999/95/EC” means Directive 1999/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999;

“fishing vessel” means a vessel designed, equipped or used commercially for catching or taking fish or other living resources of the sea (including sea bed) or freshwater;

“hours of rest” means time outside hours of work and does not include short breaks;

“hours of work” means any time during which a seafarer is required to do work on the business of, or in connection with, the ship;

“ILO Convention No. 147” means the convention concerning Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 29 October 1976;

“ILO Convention No. 180” means the convention concerning Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships 1996 adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 22 October 1996;

“master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship;

“Marine Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Department and any reference to a particular Marine Notice includes a reference to that notice as amended or replaced from time to time;

“Minister” means the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;

“partially smooth waters” means the areas of water specified in a Marine Notice within the period or periods, if any, specified therein;

“pleasure vessel” means:

(a)      any vessel that is-

(i)         wholly owned by an individual or individuals and used only for the sport and pleasure of the owner or the immediate family and friends of the owner, or

(ii)        owned by a body corporate and used only for the sport or pleasure of employees or officers of the body corporate, or their immediate family or friends,

and is on a voyage or excursion which is one for which the owner is not paid for or in connection with operating the vessel or carrying any person, other than as a contribution to the direct expenses of the operation of the vessel incurred during the voyage or excursion, or

(b)      any vessel that is wholly owned by or on behalf of a members' club formed for the purpose of sport or pleasure which, at the time it is being used, is used only for the sport or pleasure of members of that club or their immediate family; and for the use of which any charges levied are paid into club funds and applied for the general use of the club;

and no payments other than those mentioned above are made by or on behalf of users of the vessel (other than by the owner) and in this definition “immediate family” means, in relation to an individual, the husband or wife of the individual and a brother, sister, lineal ancestor or lineal descendant of that individual or that individual's husband or wife;

“Port Authorities” means Port Companies which operate under the Harbours Act 1996 and Harbour Authorites which operate under the Harbours act, 1946 .

“Protocol to ILO Convention No. 147” means the protocol to ILO Convention No. 147 adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 22 October 1996;

“registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered on the General Register of Medical Practitioners under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 ;

“relevant complaint” has the meaning ascribed thereto by Regulation 14(2);

“scheduled hours of rest” means hours of rest scheduled in a table under Regulation 7;

“seafarer” means any person, including a master, who is employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship to which these Regulations apply;

“seagoing” means a ship going beyond the limits of smooth and partially smooth waters;

“smooth waters” means any areas of water not being to sea or partially smooth waters, and in particular, the areas of water specified in a Marine Notice;

“ship” means any seagoing vessel, whether publicly or privately owned, which is ordinarily engaged in commercial maritime operations, being a ship other than:

(a)    a fishing vessel; or

(b)    a pleasure vessel.

“shipowner”, in relation to a ship, means the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the owner;

 (2)     A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in a Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Directive.

 (3)     In these Regulations —

(a)          a reference to a Regulation or a Schedule is to a Regulation of, or Schedule to, these Regulations, unless it is indicated that reference to some other Regulations is intended, and

(b)         a reference to a paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to a paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.

Scope

3.        (1)      Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to:

 (a)         ships registered in the State, wherever they may be; and

 (b)         ships (other than ships referred to in subparagraph (a)) irrespective of their state of registration, when in a port in the State

 (2)      Regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 do not apply to a ship that is not registered in the State.

 (3)      For the purposes of these Regulations, a ship that is registered in two or more states is deemed to be registered in the territory of the state whose flag it flies.

 (4)      When inspecting a ship registered in the territory of or flying the flag of a state which has not signed ILO Convention No 180 or the Protocol to ILO Convention No 147 neither the Competent Authority nor an authorised officer shall give to such ship or its crew more favourable treatment than that given or to be given to a ship flying the flag of a state which is a party to that Convention or Protocol or to the crew of such a ship.

Competent Authority

4.         A function conferred on the Competent Authority by these Regulations may be performed by an authorised officer.

General duty of shipowners and masters

5.         (1)      Subject to Regulation 8, it shall be the duty of every shipowner and every master of a ship to ensure that:

(a)          seafarers are provided with at least the minimum hours of rest specified in Regulation 6;

(b)          manning levels on board ship are determined, approved or revised taking into account the need to avoid or minimise, as far as is reasonably practicable, excessive hours of work, to ensure sufficient rest and to limit fatigue.

(2)      It shall be the duty of every shipowner to provide the master of a ship with all necessary resources for the purposes of compliance with obligations under these Regulations.

Hours of rest

6.         (1)      A seafarer is entitled to minimum hours of rest that are not less than:

(a)         10 hours in any 24 hour period; and

(b)         72 hours in any 7 day period.

(2)      Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least 6 hours in length and the interval between consecutive such periods shall not exceed 14 hours.

(3)      Musters, fire drills and abandon ship drills prescribed by law shall be conducted in a manner that minimises the disturbance of hours of rest and does not induce fatigue.

(4)      A seafarer who is on call on board ship shall have an adequate compensatory rest period if his scheduled hours of rest are disturbed by call-outs to work.

Provision of Information

7.         (1)      The master of a ship shall ensure that a table complying with paragraph (2) is posted in a prominent and easily accessible place in the ship.

(2)      A table under paragraph (1) shall:

(a)          specify for each position, the schedule of service at sea and service in port;

(b)          specify for each position, the daily minimum hours of rest required by these Regulations;

(c)          be in the format set out in Schedule 1 or in a format substantially to like effect; and

(d)          be in each working language of the ship and in English.

Exception for emergencies

8.         (1)      The master of a ship may require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for the immediate safety of the ship, persons on board or cargo, or for the purpose of giving assistance to another ship or persons in distress at sea or where due to any other emergency or the occurrence of other unusual and unforeseeable circumstances outside the control of the master and the shipowner it would not be practicable to comply with Regulation 5(1)(a).

(2)      For the purposes of paragraph (1), the master may suspend the scheduled hours of rest and may require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary.

(3)      As soon as practicable after the normal situation has been restored, the master shall ensure that any seafarer who has performed work in scheduled hours of rest is provided with an adequate period of rest.

Records

9.         (1)      The master, or a person authorised by the master, shall maintain and the shipowner shall ensure that there is maintained, on board the ship a record of each seafarer's daily hours of rest that complies with the requirements of paragraph (2).

(2)      Each record under paragraph (1) shall:

(a)          be completed monthly in arrears;

(b)          be in the form set out in Schedule 2 or in a form to substantially like effect as will enable an authorised officer to understand the particulars contained therein without difficulty;

(c)          be in each working language of the ship and in English.

(3)      Each record maintained under paragraph (1) shall be endorsed by the master, or a person authorised by the master, and by the seafarer in question. The master or, as the case may be, a person authorised by the master shall, no later than 7 days after the last day of the calendar month to which the record relates, give the seafarer a copy of the record as endorsed.

(4)      The records referred to in paragraph (1) shall be retained for at least one year from the date of their making. If during that period, ownership of the ship changes then the duty to preserve records shall be with the shipowner for the time being or, if the ship ceases to be registered in the State, with the last owner before ceasing to be so registered.

(5)      An authorised officer shall examine and endorse, at appropriate intervals, records kept under paragraph (1) by a ship registered in the State.

(6)      The shipowner and the master shall ensure that a copy of these Regulations (together with any relevant Marine Notices) are carried on board at all times in an easily accessible place and made available to seafarers.

Watchkeepers and night workers

10.       (1)      A shipowner shall provide the Competent Authority with such information as the Competent Authority may specify on watchkeepers and other seafarers working at night.

(2)       A watchkeeper who suffers from health problems certified by a registered medical practitioner as being due to the fact that he or she works at night shall, wherever possible, be transferred by the master to day work to which he or she is suited.

Authorised Officers

11.       (1)      The Minister may appoint persons to be authorised officers for the purposes of these Regulations and the Directives.

(2)      The Minister shall issue to every authorised officer appointed under paragraph (1) a warrant of appointment and when exercising any power or performing any function conferred or imposed on an authorised officer by these Regulations, the authorised officer shall, on request by a person affected produce the warrant to the person.

(3)      An appointment of an authorised officer shall cease where the Minister revokes the appointment or, where it is for a fixed period, upon expiry of that period.

(4)      For the purpose of the Regulations and the Directives, an authorised officer may-

(a)      at all reasonable times board any ship or enter any premises or place at a port in the State for the purpose of carrying out an inspection under these Regulations,

(b)      search and inspect the ship and any documents or records found on board,

(c)      require any person on board the ship to produce to the authorised officer any report, document or record (including, in the case of information in a non-legible form, a copy of the information or of extracts from it in permanent legible form) kept or used in connection with the shipboard working arrangements, and

(d)      inspect, examine and take copies or extracts from or take away, if necessary, for the purposes of inspection or examination, any report, document or record (including in the case of information in non-legible form, a copy of the information or of extracts from it in permanent legible form) kept or used in connection with the shipboard working arrangements and require the person by whom such document or record is kept or who produced the document or record to certify a copy thereof as a true copy.

(5)      Where the Competent Authority is satisfied that an authorised officer has, in good faith, duly exercised a power conferred on him by or under these Regulations, the Competent Authority shall indemnify the officer against all actions or claims however arising in respect of the exercise by the officer of that power.

(6)      Where he or she considers it necessary, an authorised officer appointed under these Regulations, may be accompanied by a member of the Garda Síochána when exercising any powers conferred on an authorised officer by these Regulations.

Inspections

12.       (1)      An authorised officer may, acting on a complaint or otherwise carry out an inspection under these Regulations without giving prior notification of the inspection to any relevant person or undertaking.

(2)      The identity of any person making a complaint to the Competent Authority shall not be revealed to the master or shipowner concerned.

Inspection of an Irish registered ship

13.       (1)      An authorised officer may inspect any ship registered in the State to satisfy himself or herself as to compliance with these Regulations.

(2)      Where an authorised officer is satisfied that there has been a failure to comply, in relation to a ship, with any of the requirements of Regulations 5, 7 and 9, the authorised officer:

(a)          shall take such measures that the authorised officer believes necessary so as to ensure compliance with those Regulations or to avoid future infringements; and

(b)          may detain the ship.

(3)      An authorised officer shall not, in the exercise of his powers under this Regulation, unreasonably detain or delay the ship.

Inspection of ships registered outside the State

14.       (1)      An authorised officer may inspect any ship (other than a ship registered in the State) that has called voluntarily at a port in the State in the normal course of its business or for operational reasons in order to verify that:

(a)        a table with the shipboard working arrangements is maintained in the working language or languages of the ship and in English in the format set out in Schedule 1 or in a format to substantially like effect;

(b)        the table referred to in subparagraph (a) is posted up in an easily accessible place in the ship;

(c)        records of seafarers' hours of work or hours of rest are maintained in the working language or languages of the ship and in English in the format set out in Schedule 2 or in a format to substantially like effect; and

(d)        such records have been endorsed by the appropriate authority of the state in which the ship is registered.

(2)      Where a complaint has been received by the Competent Authority that the Competent Authority does not consider manifestly unfounded (a “relevant complaint”) or an authorised officer believes from his own observations that the seafarers on board are unduly fatigued, the authorised officer shall conduct a more detailed investigation to determine whether the hours of rest or, as the case may be, hours of work recorded comply with the standards laid down in Directive 1999/63/EC and whether they have been duly observed and shall take into account other records relating to the operation of the ship.

(3)      Where a relevant complaint has been received or an authorised officer obtains evidence that the standards referred to in Directive 1999/63/EC are not being complied with, the Competent Authority shall prepare a report addressed to the government of the state in which the ship is registered.

Rectification of deficiencies

15.       (1)      If an inspection or a more detailed inspection under Regulation 14 reveals that there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of Directive 1999/63/EC, the authorised officer shall, in the case of deficiencies which are clearly hazardous to the safety or health of seafarers, take the measures necessary to ensure that such deficiencies are rectified and may detain the ship until the deficiencies have been rectified or the seafarers in question have been sufficiently rested.

(2)      If there is clear evidence that watchkeeping personnel for the first watch or subsequent relieving watches are unduly fatigued the authorised officer shall detain the ship until the deficiencies found have been rectified or the seafarers in question have been sufficiently rested.

(3)      If a ship is detained under paragraph (1) or (2), the Competent Authority shall inform:

(a)        the master;

(b)        the shipowner; and

(c)        either the administration of the state where the ship is registered or under whose flag it flies or the nearest consular or diplomatic representative of that state

of the results of any inspection or more detailed inspection under Regulation 14 of any decisions taken by the authorised officer and of any corrective actions required.

(4)      An authorised officer shall not, in the exercise of his powers under this Regulation, unreasonably detain or delay the ship.

Enforcement and release of information

16.       (1)      The Competent Authority may give a direction to the shipowner or master of a ship for the purposes of Regulation 13(2), or 15(1) or (2) and the shipowner or master, as the case may be, shall comply with the direction.

(2)      Regulations 10(4) and 11 of the European Communities Merchant Shipping (Port State) Control Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1998 ) (as amended) apply in relation to a detention under these Regulations as they apply to a detention under those Regulations.

Release of Information

17.       The Competent Authority shall publish, at least every month, the information specified in Regulation 16(a) of the European Communities Merchant Shipping (Port State) Control Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1998 (as substituted by Regulation 3(i) of European Communities Merchant Shipping (Port State) Control Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No.243 of 2003 )) in respect of ships to which Regulations 14 and 15 apply which during the previous month have been detained in a port in the State.

Co-operation

18.       For the purposes of Article 8 of Directive 1999/95/EC, where the Minister is not satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that the Competent Authority can obtain all relevant information on ships calling at ports in the State, the Minister may direct the port authorities and other relevant authorities or commercial organisations to put in place such arrangements as the Minister considers to be necessary and those to whom a direction is given shall comply with that direction.

Offences

19.     (1)   A person being -

(a)          the master of a ship who fails to comply with Regulation 5(1)(a) or (b), 7(1), 8(3), 9(1), (3) or (6),

(b)         a person authorised by the master of a ship who fails to comply with Regulation 9(1) or (3), or

(b)          a shipowner who fails to comply with Regulation 5(1)(a or (b), 5(2), 9(1), (4), (6) or 10(1).

is guilty of an offence.

(2)      A shipowner or master who fails to comply with a direction given by the Compentant Authority under Regulation 16(1) is guilty of an offence.

(3)      A person who fails to comply with a direction given by the Minister under Regulation 18 is guilty of an offence.

(4)      A person who obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer when the authorised officer is exercising a power under these Regulations, or who fails or refuses to comply with a request or requirement of an authorised officer under these Regulations is guilty of an offence.

(5)      A person who willfully gives to an authorised officer information which he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material respect, or makes any such false or misleading statement reckless as to its truth or otherwise, is guilty of an offence.

Defence

20.       In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, it is a defence for the defendant to show that he or she had taken all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with these Regulations.

Penalties

21.       A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000.

Prosecution of offences

22.       Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be brought and prosecuted by the Minister.

Offence by body corporate

23.       Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or any other officer of such body who was purporting to act in any such capacity such person is also guilty of an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

Amendment of certain Regulations

24.       (1) Regulation 4(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examinations Regulations 1984 ( S.I. No. 193 of 1984 ) is amended by substituting for subparagraph (e) the following:

“(e)    seafarers, other than masters and officers in charge of a navigational watch, on a seagoing ship of less than 200 GRT and to which the European Communities (Merchant Shipping (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 532 of 2003 ) do not apply.”.

24.       (2) The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping Regulations) 1998 ( S.I. No. 551 of 1998 ) are amended as follows:

(a)     in Regulation 3, by substituting “Subject to Regulations 8 and 9 these Regulations apply to” for “ “These Regulations apply to”,

(b)     in Regulation 8, by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:

“(11)    This Regulation does not apply to a ship to which the European Communities (Merchant Shipping (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 532 of 2003 ) apply.”, and

(c)    in Regulation 9, by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

“(4)      This Regulation does not apply to a ship to which the European Communities (Merchant Shipping (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 532 of 2003 ) apply.”.

SCHEDULE 1

MODEL FORMAT FOR TABLE OF SHIPBOARD WORKING ARRANGEMENTS(1)

Regulation 7 and Regulation 14

Name of ship: _______    Flag of ship:_______ IMO number (if any):_______

Latest update of table:________________________________ ( ) of ( ) pages.

The maximum hours of work or minimum hours of rest are applicable in accordance with: ___________________ (national law or regulation) issued in conformity with IL O's Seafarer's Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention 1996 (No 180) and with any applicable collective agreement registered or authorised in accordance with that Convention and with the International Convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers, 1978, as amended, (STCW Convention) (2) .

Maximum hours of work or minimum hours of rest (3) : ___________________

Other requirements: _____________________________________________

Position/rank(4)

Scheduled daily work hours at sea

Scheduled daily work hours in port

Comments

Total daily work/rest hours (3)

 

Watchkeeping (from-to)

Non-watchkeeping duties (from-to) (5)

Watchkeeping (from-to)

Non-watchkeeping duties (from-to)

 

At sea

In ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of the master: _______________________

SELECTED TEXTS FROM ILO CONVENTION No 180 AND THE STCW CONVENTIONS

ILO Convention No 180

Article 5

1.      The limits on hours of work or rest shall be as follows: (a) maximum hours of work shall not exceed: (i) 14 hours in any 24-hour period; and (ii) 7 2 hours in any seven-day period, or (b) minimum hours of rest shall not be less than: (i) 10 hours in any 24-hour period, and (ii) 77 hours in any seven-day period.

2.      Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length, and the interval between consecutiv e periods of rest shall not exceed 14 hours.

6.      Nothing in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall prevent the Member from having national laws or regulations or a procedure for the competent authority to autho rise or register collective agreements permitting exceptions to the limits set out. Such exceptions shall, as far as possible, follow the standards set out but may take account of more frequent or lon ger leave periods or the granting of compensatory leave for watchkeeping seafarers or seafarers working on board ships on short voyages.

Article 7

1.      Nothing in this Convention shall be deemed to impair the right of the master of a ship to require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for the immediate safety of the ship, persons on board or cargo, or for the purpose of giving assistance to other ships or persons in distress at sea.

3.      As soon as practicable after the normal situation has been restored, the master shall ensure that any seafarers who have performed work in a schedu led rest period are provided with an adequate period of rest.

STCW Convention

Section A-VIII/1 of the STCW Code (Mandatory)

1.   All persons who are assigned duty as officer in charge of a watch or seafarer on watch shall be provided with a minimum of 10 hours' rest in any 24 -hour period.

2.   The hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length.

3.   The requirements for rest periods laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 need not be maintained in the case of an emergency or drill or in other overridin g operational conditions.

4.   Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, the minimum period of 10 hours may be reduced to not less than 6 consecutive hours provided t hat any such reduction shall not extend beyond two days and not less than 70 hours of rest are provided each seven-day period.

5.   Administrations shall require that watch schedules be posted where they are easily accessible.

Section B-VIII/1 of the STCW Code (Guidance)

3.   In applying Regulation VIII/1, the following should be taken into account:

1. provisions made to prevent fatigue should ensure that excessive or unreasonable overall working hours are not undertaken. In particular, the minimu m rest periods specified in Section A-VIII/1 should not be interpreted as implying that all other hours may be devoted to watchkeeping or other duties;

2. that the frequency and length of leave periods, and the granting of compensatory leave, are material factors in preventing fatigue from building up over a period of time;

3. the provision may be varied for ships on short sea voyages, provided special safety arrangements are put in place.

SCHEDULE 2

MODEL FORMAT FOR RECORD OF HOURS OF WORK OR HOURS OF REST OF SEAFARERS(1)

Regulation 9 and Regulation 14

Name of ship: _______   IMO number (if any): _______

Flag of ship: ____________________

Seafarer (full name): ____________________________

Position/rank: ___________________

Month and year: ________________

 Watchkeeper (2) :

yes

 

no

 

 

Record of hours of work/rest(3)

Please mark periods of work or rest, as applicable, with X, or using a continous line or arrow.

COMPLETE THE TABLE ON THE REVERSE SIDE

The following national laws, regulations and/or collective agreements governing limitations on working hours or minimum rest periods apply to this ship: __________________

I agree that this record is an accurate reflection of the hours of work or rest of the seafarer concerned.

Name of master or person authorised by master to sign this record: ____________________________

Signature of master or authorised person: ____________________ Signature of seafarer: ____________________

A copy of this record is to be given to the seafarer.

This form is subject to examination and endorsement under procedures established by the

______________ (name of competent authority)

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GIVEN under my Official Seal

This 6th day of November 2003

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Dermot Ahern

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations implement:

(a)        the provisions of Council Directive 1999/63/EC concerning the Agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Association and the Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Union; and

(b)        European Parliament and Council Directive 1999/95/EC concerning the enforcement of provisions in respect of seafarers' hours of work on board ships calling at Community ports.

These Regulations provide seafarers with an entitlement to specified minimum hours of rest, require records to be kept of seafarers’ daily hours of rest and provide for the enforcement of the Regulations.

(1)  O.J. No. L 167, 02.07.1999 p033-037

(2)  O.J. No. L 14, 20.01.2000 p 029-035

(1)  The termins used in this model table are to appear in the working language or languages of the ship and in English.

(2)  See overleaf for selected extracts from ILO Convention No 180 and the STCW Convention.

(3)  Delete as applicable.

(4)  For those positions/ranks that are also listed in the ship's safe manning document, the terminology used should be the same as in that document.

(3)  Delete as applicable.

(5)  For watchkeeping personnel, the comment section may be used to indicate the anticipated number of hours to be devoted to unscheduled work and any such hours should be included be included in the appropriate total daily work hours column.

(1)  The terms used in this model table are to appear in the working language or languages of the ship and in English.

(2)  Tick as appropriate.

(3)  Delete as appropriate.