Brussels, 09/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 October, the European Parliament adopted the agreement between institutions on the proposal for a directive to homogenise minimum standards for decent working and living conditions for European seafarers, on the basis of the 2006 International Maritime Organisation (IMO) convention on working at sea. Once the Council of the EU has approved the informal agreement, the member states will have 15 months to bring their national legislation into...