Paris MOU announced new CICs for both 2015 & 2016 Paris MOU held its 48th Committee meeting in the Netherlands last week in which confirming the subject of its new Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CICs) for 2015 and 2016. Paris MoU jointly with Tokyo MOU will initiate a Concentrated Inspection Campaign this year (September- November) on crew familiarization for enclosed space entry while next year CIC will focus on the Maritime Labour Convention to verify compliance.The meeting was officially opened by the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen. The meeting was attended by members of the Paris MoU, the European Commission, EMSA, Montenegro, observers from the International Labour Organization, US Coast Guard, Viña del Mar Agreement, Tokyo MoU, Caribbean MoU, Mediterranean MoU, Indian Ocean MoU, Abuja MoU and Black Sea MoU.High importance was given to the Concentrated Inspection Campaigns (CICs). Jointly with the Tokyo MoU a CIC on Crew Familiarisation for Enclosed Space Entry is scheduled from September to November, this year.After the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC2006) in 2013 the Committee decided on carrying out a CIC in 2016 to verify compliance with the Convention. The questionnaire and guidelines for this ...
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