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Eurotunnel welcomes social dumping law

[ March 19, 2024   //   ]

Eurotunnel operator Getlink has welcomed the signing, on 19 March by France’s secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity of a decree against social dumping on cross-Channel maritime transport.

This law, which incororates a minimum salary for sailors on routes between France and England.

Adopted by the French Parliament in the summer of 2023, the law aims to restore conditions of fair competition between operators and to combat human exploitation of crews on board foreign flag ferries.

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