{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-885/schedule-ANNEX I/chapter-V",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/885",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/885/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-885",
  "path": "schedule/ANNEX I/chapter/V",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "EMBARKING SEAMEN",
  "text": "Vessel owners who have been issued fishing licences under the Agreement shall contribute to the practical vocational training of Guinea-Bissau nationals and to an improvement of the labour market, subject to the conditions and limits set out below:\n1.. Each trawler owner shall undertake to employ:\nthree seamen-fishermen on vessels of less than 250 GRT;\nfour seamen-fishermen on vessels of 250 to 400 GRT;\nfive seamen-fishermen on vessels of 400 to 650 GRT;\nsix seamen-fishermen on vessels of more than 650 GRT.\n2.. Vessel owners shall endeavour to take on board additional Guinea-Bissau seamen.\n3.. Vessel owners shall be free to select through their representatives the seamen they take on board their vessels.\n4.. The vessel owner or agent shall inform the Ministry of the names of the Guinea-Bissau seamen signed on the vessel concerned, mentioning their position in the crew.\n5.. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work shall apply as of right to seamen signed on by EU vessels. This concerns in particular the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.\n6.. The employment contracts of Guinea-Bissau seamen, a copy of which shall be given to the signatories, shall be drawn up between the vessel owners’ representative(s) and the seamen and/or their trade unions or representatives in consultation with the Ministry. These contracts shall guarantee the seamen the social security cover applicable to them, including life assurance and sickness and accident insurance.\n7.. The wages of the Guinea-Bissau seamen shall be paid by the vessel owners. They shall be fixed, before licences are issued, by mutual agreement between the vessel owners or their agents and the competent authorities of Guinea-Bissau. However, the wage conditions granted to Guinea-Bissau seamen shall not be lower than those applied to crews from Guinea-Bissau and shall under no circumstances be below ILO standards.\n8.. All seamen employed aboard EU vessels shall report to the master of the vessel designated on the day before their proposed embarkation date. Where a seaman fails to report at the date and time agreed for embarkation, vessel owners shall be automatically absolved of their obligation to take that seaman on board.\n9.. Where no Guinea-Bissau seamen are taken on board for reasons other than that referred to in the previous point, EU vessel owners shall be obliged to pay as soon as possible a flat-rate amount for the fishing year equivalent to the wages of the seamen not taken on board.\n10.. This sum shall be paid into a specific account designated in advance by the competent Guinea-Bissau authorities and shall help fund public vocational training structures in the fisheries sector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/885/schedule/ANNEX I/chapter/V",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}