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

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Portugal (Ratification: 1983)

Articles 17 and 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Further to its previous comments regarding regulations concerning safety and health in agriculture, the Committee notes that this matter is still in the drafting stage. The Committee looks forward to learning that progress has been achieved in this respect, in order to ensure the association of the agricultural labour inspectorate in preventive control.

Article 18, paragraph 4. Further to previous comments concerning the incorporation into regulations of the practice of inspectors immediately making known to workers' representatives the defects noted during inspections, the Committee notes that legal consideration of the matter is expected shortly. The Committee hopes that the question of revision of section 50, paragraph 2, of Decree No. 327/83 will soon be undertaken to take into account the provisions of this Article.

Article 26, paragraph 1. The Committee notes the useful information provided in the Annual Report of the Inspectorate of Labour for 1990. While the Convention authorises publication of an annual report on the work of the inspection services in agriculture as part of a general annual report of the central inspection authority, the Committee has difficulty in distinguishing in the 1990 Annual Report matters concerning inspection in agriculture from inspection in other sectors. The Committee would be grateful if consideration could be given to this matter in the presentation of data in future annual reports.