Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Papua New Guinea (Ratification: 1976)

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Denunciation of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Department of Labour has been examining the need to denounce Conventions that have lost their purpose for the fulfilment of their application in national laws and practices, and to ratify newly adopted instruments that are relevant to work places and the economy at large. The Government reiterates its view, already expressed in previous reports, that most of the provisions of the Convention are obsolete, and that modernized functions of the relevant maritime organization in the country imply that the marking of weights is no longer a problem; hence, there is no need to maintain the Convention. The Government advises that it will inform on any progress made in the possible denunciation of the Convention. The Committee would like to take this opportunity to indicate that the Convention will be open to denunciation during a one-year period from 9 March 2022. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this respect.