Activites

• 2005/05/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2005/367
  • OJ L 136 30.05.2005, p. 0001-0136
• #2652
• 2005/04/14 Council Meeting
• 2005/04/14 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2005/04/14 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2005/02/23 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0039/2005 summary

    In adopting this legislative resolution by 619 votes in favour, 20 against, with 3 abstentions, the European Parliament adopted the report by Ioannis VARVITSIOTIS (EPP-ED, GR) approving the proposal unamended.

• 2005/02/10 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0037/2005
• 2005/02/01 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2004/11/16 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2004/07/30 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2004)0530 summary

    PURPOSE : to authorise Member States to ratify in the interests of the Community the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention of the International Labour Organization (Convention 185).PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision.CONTENT : to recall, Convention 185 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on seafarers' identity documents was adopted on 19 June 2003 by the General Conference of the ILO convened in Geneva. The ultimate aim of the Convention is to improve the system of identifying seafarers as a necessary means of ensuring a balance between security in the shipping sector and the promotion of decent living and working conditions for seafarers. In order to attain these objectives, the Convention lays down certain rules on visas for seafarers taking shore leave; it also refers to the entry of seafarers into Member States' territory, notably in the event of transit, transfer or repatriation.However, in accordance with Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community, competence over visas is a Community competence, which has been exercised. In this context and in order to ensure compliance with the sharing of competences as laid down by the Treaty, the Commission proposes in the present document that the Council should authorise those Member States which are bound by Community rules in the area of visas to ratify the Convention in the interests of the Community. This departure from the normal manner of exercising Community competence under Article 300 of the Treaty establishing the European Community can be justified exceptionally by the importance of the Convention to seafarers and by the need to ensure that it enters into force as quickly as possible. This Decision must nevertheless remain exceptional and must in no way form a precedent for the future. The present Decision will therefore enable Member States to take without further delay all the steps necessary for ratification. What is more, common ratification arrangements may be envisaged to show the rest of the world the importance the Community attaches to the Convention.Lastly, in accordance with the specific measures of the Treaty, this Decision is accordingly also addressed to Denmark. The present Decision applies neither to Ireland nor to the United Kingdom.

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2004)0530
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0037/2005
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0039/2005
• : Decision 2005/367
• : OJ L 136 30.05.2005, p. 0001-0136

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)