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The European Union (EU)1 is a sui generis organisation which demonstrates a growing interest in the maritime sector, including maritime labour issues2.
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For the purposes of the developments below the terms European Union (EU) and European Community (EC) will be used as synonyms. On EC law in general see inter alia Catherine Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms, Oxford Universsity Press, 2007, Guy Isaac and Marc Blanquet, Droit Communautaire Général, Dalloz Sirey, Paris 2006.
See Patrick Chaumette, Droits Maritimes, J. P. Beurier (dir.), Dalloz Action, 2006, 163–176, 420–439, Prodromos Mavridis, La Protection Sociale des Marins dans le Droit Communautaire, 3 Rev. dr. de l’U.E. (647–685) 2003. Also see http://www.emsa.europa.eu/end185d007d002.html (last visit 20 May 2007).
See Communication from the Commission on the Third package of legislative measures on maritime safety in the European Union, Brussels, 23.11. 2005, COM(2005)585 final, 3.
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See Communication from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the training and recruitment of seafarers, COM/2001/0188, 1.3.
See supra note 3, 3.
See inter alia Isaac and Blanquet, supra Marc Blanquet, Droit Communautaire Général, Dalloz Sirey, Paris 2006 note 1.
See inter alia Uwe K. Jenisch, EU Maritime Transport-Maritime Policy, Legislation and Administration, 3 WMU J. Mar. Aff. 1, 67–83 (2004), Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi, Recent Developments in the EC Legal Framework on Ship-Source Pollution: the Ambivalence of the EC’s Penal Approach, 33 Transp. L. J. 3, 101–116 (2006) and Olagunju G. Anthony, Criminalization of Seafarers for Accidental Discharge of Oil: is There Justification in International Law for Criminal Sanction for Negligent or Accidental Pollution of the Sea?, 37 J.M.L.C. 219, 219–243 (2006). Also see The Emerging European Maritime Law-Proceedings from the Third European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research, Ravenna, 17–18 September 2004, in Marius (Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law) no 330. On EU maritime transport regulatory framework see http://www.europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s13003.htm (last visit 4 October 2006).
See for example Commission Recommendation (EC) No 130/1999 of 18 November 1998 on ratification of ILO Convention 180 concerning seafarers’ hours of work and the manning of ships, and ratification of the 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention (Official Journal L 43 of 17.2.1999).
See ECJ, 4.4. 1974, case 167/73 Commission v. France [1974] ECR 359, [1974] 2 CMLR 216.
See inter alia Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi, The Challenge of European Maritime Safety-An Overview of the EC’s Policy and Regulatory Framework on Maritime Safety, Marius (Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law), no. 311 and Malgorzata Anna Nesterowicz, European Union Legal Measures in Response to the Oil Pollution of the Sea, 29 Tul. Mar. L. J. 29, 29–44 (2004).
See Communication from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the Training and Recruitment of Seafarers, supra note 5, 1.
See Patrick Chaumette, Le Marin Entre le Navire et sa Résidence. Le Registre International Français des Navires (RIF), Rev. Crit. D.I.P., 95(2) avril–juin 2006.
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(2008). General overview. In: Maritime Work Law Fundamentals: Responsible Shipowners, Reliable Seafarers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72751-4_9
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