Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - France (Ratification: 1950)

1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee takes due note of the information contained in the report on labour inspection in 1990. However, it notes once again that the Government's report under article 22 of the Constitution has not been received. The Committee recalls the obligation to supply a report on the application of the Convention in accordance with the report form adopted by the Governing Body of the ILO. This report, which is a different document from the annual report on the inspection services due under Article 20 of the Convention, should supply all the information required under the report form, including replies to the comments made by the Committee and an indication of the representative organizations of employers and workers to which copies of the report have been transmitted in accordance with article 23, paragraph 2, of the Constitution. The Committee trusts that the Government will not fail to supply the report due under article 22 of the Constitution in time for it to be examined at its next session.

2. The Committee notes with regret that no reply has been received to its previous comments concerning the observations made in 1989 and 1990 by the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) and the General Confederation of Labour (Union of Social Affairs/Federation of the Public Service/Labour Inspectorate for Transport). These observations concern the application of Articles 3, paragraph 2, and 10, of the Convention and relate to the sufficiency of the number of inspectors responsible for ensuring the effective functioning of the inspection service and the material resources made available to them. Although noting the general information contained in the annual report of the inspection services for 1990, the Committee trusts that the Government will include in its next report under article 22 of the Constitution any comment that it considers appropriate concerning the above observations or the measures taken as a consequence of these observations.

3. The Committee notes that the annual report of the inspection services for 1990 reached the ILO in December 1992. It hopes that the Government will publish and transmit annual reports for subsequent years within the time limits set out in Article 20 of the Convention.