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The Department of Merchant Shipping has announced that the Maritime Labour Convention 2006
will enter into force in Cyprus on August 20 2013, the date of its international entry into force.
The Department of Merchant Shipping has announced that the
Maritime Labour Convention 2006 will enter into force in Cyprus on
August 20 2013, the date of its international entry into force.
Article VIII of the convention provides that it will enter into
force 12 months after at least 30 members accounting for at least
33% of the world gross tonnage of ships have registered
ratifications. It will then be binding on those members that have
ratified it.
Cyprus ratified the convention through the Maritime Labour
Convention 2006 (Ratification) and for Matters Connected Therewith
Law (6(III)/2012), published in the Official Gazette on May 11
2012.
The convention applies to all ships, irrespective of tonnage and
whether publicly or privately owned, that are ordinarily engaged in
commercial activities. It does not apply to ships engaged in
fishing or in similar pursuits, traditionally constructed ships,
warships or naval auxiliaries, or ships that navigate exclusively
in inland waters.
Originally published in International Law Office.
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