Titre : | STCW : International convention on standards training, certification en watchkeeping of Seafarers 1978, as amended in 1995 and 1997 : Seafares training, certification and watchkeeping code-STCW code |
Auteurs : | International maritime organization |
Type de document : | Books |
Mention d'édition : | New ed |
Editeur : | International Maritime Organization, 2001 |
Article en page(s) : | p. mult. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-92-801-5108-4 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | 341.24 |
Tags : | Treaties |
Résumé : |
The 1995 amendments, adopted by a Conference, represented a major revision of the Convention, in response to a recognized need to bring the Convention up to date and to respond to critics who pointed out the many vague phrases, such as "to the satisfaction of the Administration", which resulted in different interpretations being made. Others complained that the Convention was never uniformly applied and did not impose any strict obligations on Parties regarding implementation. The 1995 amendments entered into force on 1 February 1997. However, until 1 February 2002, Parties may continue to issue, recognize and endorse certificates which applied before that date in respect of seafarers who began training or seagoing service before 1 August 1998. One of the major features of the revision was the division of the technical annex into regulations, divided into Chapters as before, and a new STCW Code, to which many technical regulations have been transferred. Part A of the Code is mandatory while Part B is recommended. Dividing the regulations up in this way makes administration easier and it also makes the task of revising and updating them more simple: for procedural and legal reasons there is no need to call a full conference to make changes to Codes. |