Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided in the Government's first report. It notes that the legislation referred to in the Government's report only sets forth general occupational safety and health measures. The detailed technical provisions of the Convention, however, often call for specific measures to be adopted in national law or regulations. The Committee would recall that Article 3 of the Convention provides that national laws or regulations shall prescribe the measures to be taken for the prevention, control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos and that the measures to give effect to the provisions of the Convention are to be taken in consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned (Article 4). The Government is requested to indicate, in its next report, the measures taken or envisaged in this regard and the progress made towards ensuring the application of all the provisions of the Convention in consultation with the representative organizations concerned.