Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report and the discussions held in the Conference Committee in 1989.

Article 2, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee referred to section 37(3) of General Order No. 3758 which provides that dangerous machines or parts of machines of which the sale, exhibition or hire is prohibited under section 37(1) shall be specified by order.

The Committee notes that, according to the Government's report, the draft decree provided for under section 37 above is still before the competent authorities and has not yet been adopted. In its report, the Government states that this draft text is also to give effect to Articles 10, paragraph 1, and 11 of the Convention, concerning the measures that must be taken by the employer to bring national laws or regulations relating to the guarding of machinery to the notice of workers and to instruct them regarding the dangers arising from their use. Article 11 provides that no worker shall use any machinery without the guards provided being in position nor make inoperative these guards, while guaranteeing that, irrespective of the circumstances, no worker shall be required to use any machinery without the guards provided being in position or if they have been made inoperative.

The Committee notes the Government's statement that it is endeavouring to accelerate the adoption of the decree and once again hopes that this text will be adopted in the very near future.