C2.1.a. What is a seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA)? C2.1.b. Does the MLC, 2006 require seafarers to have a copy of the original signed seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) on board ship? C2.1.c. Can a SEA be issued in an electronic form? C2.1.d. How can a seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) incorporate a collective bargaining agreement? C2.1.e. Who must sign a seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA)? C2.1.f. Can the employer of a seafarer supplying a seafarer to the ship sign the seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA) as the shipowner? C2.1.g. Do self-employed seafarers have to conclude a seafarers’ employment agreement (SEA)? C2.1.h. What is the record of employment for seafarers? C2.1.i. My employment agreement has a space for two signatures, one for the shipowner and one for an employer. Is this acceptable under the MLC, 2006? C2.1.j. Does the MLC, 2006 set a maximum limit on the length of an employment agreement? Can I have a SEA for a period longer than 12 months? C2.1.k. May a SEA without a fixed end date but specifying a period of flexible duration be considered in conformity with the MLC, 2006? C2.1.l. Can I sign consecutive SEAs that cover a period longer than 12 months? C2.1.m. Which national law should be reflected in the terms of a SEA, the law of the flag State or the law of the country where the SEA was signed or the law of a country identified in the SEA? C2.1.n. Does the SEA expire when seafarers are held captive as a result of acts of piracy or armed robbery against ships?