WORKING TIME – ECJ
July 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallLEGAL proceedings are being brought by the European Commission against the governments of Ireland and Luxembourg over their alleged failure to implement the European Union's seafarers' working time directive. Brussels claims that neither Member State has notified it of any legislation writing the 1999 directive into their national laws. It aims to enforce, on board every ship calling at an EU port, working time rules matching guidelines agreed by the International Labour Organisation. Notably, the directive allows port states to block a ship from ...
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