Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its first report.

It notes that the Labour Code and the Labour Protection Act, 1992, contain no provisions, other than those intended to prescribe general measures on safety and hygiene at work. It also notes that section 37 of the Labour Protection Act confers the force of domestic law on ratified Conventions. On this score, the Committee observes, recalling that specific measures must be taken to give effect to the provisions of the Convention which are not self-executing, that the Government indicates that the safety standards under Radiation-76-87 represent the chief legislation in regard to protection of workers against ionizing radiations. In the absence of this text, the Committee is not in a position to determine to what extent the safety standards under Radiation-76-87 give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would send it the text of the safety standards under Radiation-76-87.

The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that measures must be taken, in particular to give effect to the following Articles of the Convention: Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2, (appropriate steps to ensure effective protection of workers against ionizing radiations and to keep under constant review in the light of current knowledge the maximum permissible doses of ionizing radiations); Article 5 (reduction of exposure of workers to the lowest practicable level); Article 6 (fixing and constant review of the maximum permissible doses and amounts of ionizing radiations); Article 7 (fixing of appropriate levels for workers who are aged 18 and over and for those under the age of 18 who are directly engaged in work involving ionizing radiations; prohibition for any worker under the age of 16 to be engaged in work involving ionizing radiations); Article 8 (fixing of appropriate levels for workers who may be exposed temporarily to ionizing radiations); Article 9 (information and instruction of workers exposed); Article 10 (notification of work involving exposure to ionizing radiations) Article 11 (appropriate monitoring in regard to exposure levels); Article 12 (appropriate medical examination prior to or shortly after taking up work involving exposure to radiations and subsequent further medical examinations at appropriate intervals); Article 13 (measures to be taken urgently in certain circumstances to be specified because of the nature or degree of the exposure); Article 14 (transfer to other appropriate work for a worker who could be subject to exposure to ionizing radiations contrary to qualified medical advice); and Article 15 (provision of appropriate inspection services engaged to supervise the application of the provisions which will be adopted with a view to giving effect to the Convention).