TRAINING CERTIFICATION
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA CENTRALISED and simplified European Union (EU) procedure for granting recognition of seafarer training certificates issued by non-EU countries has been tabled by the European Commission. It wants to prevent Member States from having to assess individual certificates that allow non-EU seafarers to work on board EU ships. Instead, it wants a system providing for EU-wide acceptance of certificates issued by a particular country, which the EU would judge is complying with the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Convention on Standards of ...
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