Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

1. Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee refers to its previous comments and understands from the Government's reply that the use of benzene and of products containing benzene (the benzene content of which does not exceed 1 per cent) is only authorised for the activities and under the conditions set out in section 3 of Act No. 61 of 1975, that is as solvents or detergents in accordance with paragraph 2 of the above Article of the Convention.

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would confirm whether this is the case, and keep it informed in its future reports of any provision adopted in order to impose new prohibitions on the use of the substances in question.

2. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply information with its next report on the application of the Convention in practice, in accordance with point IV of the report form on this Convention.