The complaint was registered on 27 September 2011. It concerns the compulsory retirement of seamen in Norway.  The complainant trade union considers that the upper age limit of 62 years in the Norwegian Seamen's Act in reality implies an unjustified work ban and is thus a discriminatory withdrawal of seamen's rights to work as seamen, in breach of Articles 1 §§ 1 and 2 (Right to work) and 24 (Right to protection in case of dismissal), read alone or in conjunction with Article E (non discrimination) of the Charter.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 27 September 2011 |  Norwegian version
• Case Document no. 2, Observations by the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no.3, Response to the Government's observations on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 4, Further response by the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 5, Further response by FFFS on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 6, Submissions of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 7, Response of FFFS to the submissions of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 8, Additional observations of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 9, Further additional observations of the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 10, Further response by FFS on additional observations of the Government

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 23 May 2012.

The European Committee of Social Rights unanimously concluded that there is a violation of Article 24 and Article 1§2 of the Charter. It transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 5 July 2013.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res ChS (2013) 17 on 16 October 2013.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 74/2011

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 74/2011

 Resolution ResChS(2013)17 of the Committee of Ministers on 16 October 2013

 Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint