ntr420-C_2023109EN.01000101-E0420
(420) In particular fishermen and fishing vessels engaged in commercial fishing operations covered by Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation, concluded on 21 May 2012 between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (Cogeca), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union (Europêche). The Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation, annexed to Directive (EU) 2017/159, applies to ‘fishermen’, i.e. ‘every person employed or engaged or working in any capacity on board any fishing vessel’, defined as ‘any ship or boat, flying the flag of a Member State or registered under the plenary jurisdiction of a Member State, of any nature whatsoever, irrespective of the form of ownership, used or intended to be used for the purpose of commercial fishing’. Port pilots and shore personnel carrying out work on board a fishing vessel at the quay side are excluded from the scope of the Agreement. In respect of one of the applicability criteria, the Agreement provides that ‘[i]n the event of doubt as to whether a vessel is engaged in commercial fishing, the question shall be determined by the competent authority after consultation’.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.