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1. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report and the adoption of regulations concerning occupational risk prevention during project planning (DIPAP/177/2-3-2001-O.J.266/B/14-3-2001), the establishment of an occupational safety and health plan for public works (DEEPP/85/14-5-2001-O.J.686/B/1-6-2001), occupational risk prevention and confrontation during construction of public works DIPAP/889/27-11-2002-O.J.16/B/14-1-2003, and the publication of the PD 155/2004 "Amendment of PD 394/94 in compliance with Directive 2001/45/EC" including regulations for scaffolding and general access systems for works at height.
2. Article 6. Statistics. The Committee notes with interest that according to statistics provided by the Government, the number of persons working in the construction industry appears to be on the increase but that since rising numbers of accidents in 2002 and 2003, the number of accidents recorded appear to have decreased in 2004 in both absolute and relative terms. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information and statistics on the practical application of the Convention.
3. The Committee also notes with interest the declared intention by the Government to consider ratifying the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), which, as the Governing Body has already noted (document GB.268/8/2), is an instrument that might be more adapted to the current situation in the building industry than the present Convention. The Committee invites the Government to keep it informed on any decisions taken in this respect.
The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report. It notes the adoption of different laws and regulations that have a bearing on safety in the construction industry.
Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes the restructuring of and the new direction given to labour inspection effective as of 1 July 1999, in application of Law 2639/98 providing for labour relations, establishment of the labour inspectorate and other provisions. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information to the Office on any follow-up given to the restructuring of labour inspection and in particular as concerns labour inspection in the building industry.
Article 6. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the number of persons working in the building industry and who are thus covered by the statistics supplied. The Committee encourages the Government to continue to provide the Office with information on the practical application of the Convention.
The Committee draws the Government’s attention to the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), which revises Convention No. 62 of 1937 and which might be more adapted to the current situation of the building industry. The Committee recalls that the Governing Body of the ILO had invited member States parties to Convention No. 62, to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 167, the ratification of which will, ipso jure, imply the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 62 (document GB.268/8/2). The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any developments in this regard.