Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13) - Luxembourg (Ratification: 1928)

The Committee notes from the Government's report that there are very few exceptions to the prohibition of the use of white lead and sulphate of lead, and of all products containing these pigments, in the internal painting of buildings set forth in the Grand Ducal Decree of 30 March 1932. It recalls that under Article 1 of the Convention exceptions can be made where the use of white lead, suphate of lead or other products containing these pigments is considered necessary for railway stations or industrial establishments by the competent authority after consultation with the employers' and workers' organisations concerned. The Government is, therefore, requested to provide further information in its next report on the type of situations for which exceptions to the prohibition of the use of white lead were made and to indicate the manner in which the employers' and workers' organisations concerned were consulted.

The Committee further notes that the Government has not supplied any statistics concerning lead poisoning among working painters, as requested in the report form under Article 7 of the Convention. The Government is, therefore, requested to provide statistics on morbidity and mortality due to lead poisoning in its next report.