Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Referring to the Committee's previous comments, the Government indicates in its report that it is currently lacking the information necessary to provide precise responses to the questions raised, but that the Ministry of Labour will liaise with the Social Security Fund to clarify the questions concerning transfers. The Government indicates, moreover, that the statistics requested will be supplied as soon as they are made available by the Social Security Fund.

The Committee notes this information. The Committee trusts that, in its next report, the Government will, with the cooperation of the Social Security Fund, be in a position to supply detailed statistics regarding the payment of accident benefits to workers who are nationals of a country which has ratified the Convention or to their dependants, when they live abroad, and to indicate the number of beneficiaries, their nationality and the value of the benefits transferred.

The Committee, moreover, requests the Government to indicate whether, in accordance with section 94(3) of the Social Security Code, the Social Security Fund has issued instructions designed to ensure, where appropriate, the transfer of accident benefits to foreign workers who are nationals of countries which have ratified Convention No. 19 and, if so, to provide a copy of the text.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2000.]