Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government. It notes with interest that the Government has established a form of notification of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease spread out to all the employers, that the staff of the inspection service has been reinforced and that instructions have been given to the inspectors so that reports on their inspection activities include statistics on sanctions imposed on the persons who violate labour legislation and cases of occupational disease.

The Committee also notes that a new labour code is under consideration and that the text should fully give effect to the provisions of the Convention, in particular to Article 13, paragraph 2(b), relating to the powers of labour inspectors to make or to have made orders requiring measures with immediate executory force in the event of imminent danger to the health or safety of the workers. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the progress made in this regard.