On-board complaint procedures, handling of complaints and corrective measures
1. Each Member State shall ensure that, in its laws or regulations, appropriate on-board complaint procedures are in place.
2. If a Member State receives a complaint which it does not consider manifestly unfounded or obtains evidence that a ship that flies its flag does not conform to the requirements of the relevant parts of MLC 2006 or that there are serious deficiencies in its implementing measures, that Member State shall take the steps necessary to investigate the matter and ensure that action is taken to remedy any deficiencies found.
3. Personnel dealing with or becoming aware of complaints shall treat as confidential the source of any grievance or complaint alleging a danger or deficiency in relation to seafarers’ living and working conditions or a violation of laws and regulations and shall give no intimation to the shipowner, the shipowner’s representative or the operator of the ship that an inspection was made as a consequence of such a grievance or complaint.
Article 6
Reports
1. The Commission shall, in the context of its reports to be established in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2009/21/EC, include matters falling within the scope of this Directive.
2. No later than 31 December 2018, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation and application of Regulation 5.3 of MLC 2006 regarding labour-supplying responsibilities. If appropriate, the report may include proposals for measures to enhance living and working conditions in the maritime sector.
Article 7
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 March 2015. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods for making such references shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 8
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
Article 9
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 20 November 2013.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
V. LEŠKEVIČIUS
(1)
OJ C 299, 4.10.2012, p. 153
.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 8 October 2013 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 15 November 2013.
(3) Council Decision 2007/431/EC of 7 of June 2007 authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Community, the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, of the International Labour Organisation (
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