Conventions definition

Conventions means the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 1974, and the Protocols thereto of 1976 and 1990, and, where applicable, the Strasbourg Convention on the Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation, 1988.

Conventions means any and all of: i) the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, including any Protocols and other additions or amendments from time to time; ii) any guidelines adopted by the parties to the same (including, without limitation, the Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization); and iii) any national legal or regulatory requirements made in pursuance of the provisions of the same in any territory;

Conventions means the following Conventions, with the Protocols and amendments thereto, and related codes of mandatory status, in their up-to-date version:

Examples of Conventions in a sentence

• The Employer shall grant leaves of absence to employees to attend Union Conventions, Seminars, Education Classes or other Union business.

• The Alliance Executive Meetings, Congress and Conventions: When operational requirements permit, the Employer shall grant leave without pay to a reasonable number of employees to attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the Alliance and conventions of the Alliance, conventions of the Canadian Labour Congress and conventions of provincial Federations of Labour.

• Attendance at National or State Conventions or Jury Duty will not be charged to the Choice Vacation Period.

• Rights including Indigenous rights and industrial rights as defined in the UN Conventions and domestic legislation.

• Leave of absence without pay will be granted to not more than employee to attend Union Conventions and other Union functions provided that a written request is received by the Company two (2) weeks in advance of the date that the leave is to commence.

More Definitions of Conventions

Conventions means the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 1974, the International Convention on Limitation of Liability For Maritime Claims, 1976, and, where applicable, the Strasbourg Convention on the Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation, 1988.

Conventions means the UN Convention on Refugees, 1951, as amended by the Protocol on Refugees, 1967, and the OAU Convention on Refugees, 1969;

Conventions means the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (1974 SOLAS), the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines (LL 66), the 1969 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, and the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as amended by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), in their up-to-date versions, and related codes of mandatory status adopted in the framework of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), together with Protocols and amendments thereto in their up-to-date versions;

Conventions means international conventions applying to ships;

Conventions means the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the Protocol of 1972 on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances;

Conventions means the Climate Change Convention, Ramsar, the Migratory Species Convention, the Global Convention, the Regional Convention and SPAW and any amendments and successors to those Conventions;

Conventions means collectively: (i) the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on March 22, 1989, and entering into force in May, 1992, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 25 of the said convention (“the Basel Convention”); (ii) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) entering into force on May 17, 2004, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the said convention (“the Stockholm Convention”); and (iii) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade entering into force on February 24, 2004, pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the said convention (“the Rotterdam Convention”);