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Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) - Italy (RATIFICATION: 1952)

The Committee notes the adoption of the Decree of 9 April 2008, which updates and reorganizes the schedules of occupational diseases. The revised schedules henceforth specify in detail the occupational diseases covered, with the advantage of making it easier to apply the presumption of the existence of an occupational disease. Furthermore, the detailed schedules of diseases are not restrictive inasmuch as, for many pathogenic agents, the list is supplemented by an additional note enabling the recognition of any other disease caused by the agent in question. The Committee requests the Government to supply practical information in its next report on the mechanism for the recognition of occupational diseases not specifically mentioned in the revised schedules but caused by the pathogenic agents which are included in them, stating the average duration of such a procedure, the allocation of the burden of proof, the number of requests submitted and of cases of occupational diseases recognized under this mechanism, particularly with regard to the substances covered by Convention No. 42.