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КОНВЕНЦИЯ N 179 Международной организации труда "О НАЙМЕ И ТРУДОУСТРОЙСТВЕ МОРЯКОВ" [рус., англ.] (Принята в г. Женеве 22.10.96 на 84-ой сессии Генеральной конференции МОТ)

1. For the purpose of this Convention:

(a) the term "competent authority" means the minister, designated official, government department or other authority having power to issue regulations, orders or other instructions having the force of law in respect of the recruitment and placement of seafarers;

(b) the term "recruitment and placement service" means any person, company, institution, agency or other organization, in the public or the private sector, which is engaged in recruiting seafarers on behalf of employers or placing seafarers with employers;

(c) the term "shipowner" means the owner of the ship or any other organization or person, such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the shipowner and who on assuming such responsibilities has agreed to take over all the attendant duties and responsibilities;

(d) the term "seafarer" means any person who fulfils the conditions to be employed or engaged in any capacity on board a seagoing ship other than a government ship used for military or non-commercial purposes.

2. To the extent it deems practicable, after consultation with the representative organizations of fishing-vessel owners and fishermen or those of owners of maritime mobile offshore units and seafarers serving on such units, as the case may be, the competent authority may apply the provisions of the Convention to fishermen or to seafarers serving on maritime mobile offshore units.