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Modernizing Seafarer Training and Digital Certification

Summary

This proposal aims to modernize maritime training in the EU, aligning it with international standards and introducing digital certification by 2027 to improve safety and worker mobility.
10 12.07.2019
Other
transport
education
public safety
employment and working conditions
information technology and data processing

Key points

  • Alignment of EU maritime training with international safety and environmental protection standards.
  • Facilitation of professional mobility by ensuring Member States recognize certificates issued by other EU countries.
  • Transition to a completely paperless and digital certification system for all seafarers by the year 2027.
  • Reform of the recognition process for seafarers from non-EU countries to ensure it is based on actual maritime needs and labor requirements.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers and repealing Directive 2005/45/EC Minimum level of training of seafarers ***I
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