date:May 18, 2012
the Convention and complete a European and global level playing field on the matter.
They also wish to give a strong signal to the governments and fishing sectors of ILO Member States from outside the EU, on the need to ratify the Convention as soon as possible. Moreover, once the Convention will have been transposed into EU law, infringements detected in EU ports and waters will be subject to the rule of the European Court of Justice.
The SPA is the result of negotiations that started in 2