Legal Compliance

ICS and Marisec are compliant with all applicable company law and corporate governance laws and regulations. In addition, as an employer, Marisec is compliant with all applicable employment law and associated regulations to ensure a safe working environment and promote the health and safety of its employees.

Compliance policies, statements and registers have been adopted by the ICS and Marisec Boards, and training and reporting mechanisms have been put in place and are monitored on an on-going basis.

Specific areas include company law, competition law, and data protection law and regulation.

The ICS Board has adopted a Competition Law Compliance Policy, the principles of which have been endorsed by the Marisec Board. A Competition Law Compliance Statement is made at the start of all meetings to remind participants of the importance of compliance. Link to www.ics-shipping.org/competition_law_compliance_polic.htm)

ICS and Marisec comply with all applicable data protection law, notably the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) as implemented by the UK Data Protection Act (2018). At the start of all meetings, participants’ attention is drawn to the use of personal data as outlined in the organisation’s privacy policy at www.ics-shipping.org/privacy.

In addition, policies, guidelines and registers have been adopted to ensure that the organisation and the secretariat (Marisec employees) are compliant with other laws that may be applicable to our activities, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption law.