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

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - New Caledonia

The Committee notes the Government' indication in reply to its previous direct request that regulations (including a Congressional deliberation and two executive decrees) are presently being elaborated in order to give full effect to the Articles of the Convention, taking into account the Committee's previous comments. The Government has further indicated in its report that these regulations will come into force in the very near future. In this regard, the Committee would call the Government's attention to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Protection on the basis of new physiological findings in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60). The Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1 and Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Government is requested to indicate the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation.

The Government is requested to indicate, in its next report, the progress made in this regard and to provide a copy of the text of the regulations as soon as they are adopted.