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Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) - Kuwait (RATIFICATION: 1974)

Article 6, paragraph 3, of the Convention. Measurement of the concentration of benzene. Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes that it has, on several occasions in previous comments, requested the Government to provide concrete information on how the Order No. 210 of 2 October 2001 on executive regulations of Act No. 21/1995 is applied in practice and how compliance with the required limit for exposure to benzene of 0.5 mg/l is maintained in practice. The Committee notes that the Government, in its most recent report, yet again refers to the activities of the labour inspection services, without any supporting information on actual labour inspections carried out. Recalling that Article 6, paragraph 3, of the Convention requires the competent authority to issue directions on carrying out the measurement of the concentration of benzene in the workplace, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged in this regard. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice including extracts from the reports of inspection services, information on the number of employed persons covered by the measures adopted to give effect to the Convention, and on the number and nature of the contraventions reported.