1. ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LABOUR STANDARDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MARITIME SAFETY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FROM BMA’S PERSPECTIVE Lecturer: Anna Natova, Director of Directorate “European Union International Affairs and Projects” Bulgarian Maritime Administration XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG

2. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Four pillars of the international maritime regulatory regime MLC 2006 STCW MARPOL SOLAS

3. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Bulgaria and the International Maritime Regulatory Regime  Republic of Bulgaria is party to UNCLOS,  Ratification of IMO conventions – Republic of Bulgaria is party to 23 IMO Conventions (this number does not include the ratifications of the amendments to number of conventions)  Ratification of ILO conventions – Republic of Bulgaria ratified 29 ILO maritime conventions, including MLC-2006. Currently Bulgaria is party to 19 conventions and 1 protocol  Application of the international labour legislation - positive evaluations given in the reports of the Expert Committee on the implementation of conventions and recommendations and of the Committee on implementation of the standards of the ILO  Role of the tripartism

4. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG The Bulgarian National Legislation  Alignment of the national legislation with the requirements of the contemporary international and European legislation  Ratification of newly adopted international instruments  Drafting and adoption of national legislative acts

5. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Main national acts in the field of maritime lebour legislation (Acts, transposing the requirements of the international instruments into the Bulgarian national legislation)  Regulation on the employment and related to employment relationships between seafarers and shipowner.  Regulation on the terms and conditions for recruitment agencies

6. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Bulgaria and the MLC 2006  Active participation in the process of drafting the text of the Convention: - member of the High Level Tripartite Working Group and its subgroups - member of the High Level Tripartite Working Group and its subgroups - participation in the Preparatory technical conference, September 2004 and - participation in the Preparatory technical conference, September 2004 and - the 94th session of the International Labour Organization for adoption of the convention, February 2006 - the 94th session of the International Labour Organization for adoption of the convention, February 2006  alignment the national legislation with the requirements of the requirements of the new Convention

7. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Measures for enforcement and implementation of the MLC 2006  September 2008 – adoption of guidelines on Flag State and Port State inspections under MLC 2006  Events, organized by BMA for promulgation of the MLC 2006 and strengthening the administrative capacity for enforcement of the requirements of the Convention - Tripartite Regional Seminar – September 2006 - Tripartite Regional Seminar – September 2006 - Tripartite National Seminar – November 2006 - Tripartite National Seminar – November 2006 - Workshop – November 2008 - Workshop – November 2008

8. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG Maritime Lebour Convention 2006  an international regulatory response of an appropriate kind  global standards applicable to the entire industry  a more effective enforcement and compliance system that would help to eliminate substandard ships  would work within the well-established international system for enforcement of the international standards for ship safety and security and environmental protection that have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization.

9. XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER, 21-22 OCTOBER 2009, ST. PETERSBURG THANK YOU !