Article 2
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Statutory Documents - ILO Conventions - ILO 178 – International Labour Conference (ILO) Convention No. 178 – Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996 - Part II. Organization of Inspection - Article 2

Article 2

  1. Each Member for which the Convention is in force shall maintain a system of inspection of seafarers' working and living conditions.

  2. The central coordinating authority shall coordinate inspections wholly or partly concerned with seafarers' working and living conditions and shall establish principles to be observed.

  3. The central coordinating authority shall in all cases be responsible for the inspection of seafarers' working and living conditions. It may authorize public institutions or other organizations it recognizes as competent and independent to carry out inspections of seafarers' working and living conditions on its behalf. It shall maintain and make publicly available a list of such institutions or organizations.

Parent topic: Part II. Organization of Inspection
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