Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Norway (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in its first and second reports. It requests the Government to provide further information on the following points:

Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention. The Committee notes that under section 3 of Regulation No. 235 on asbestos, the Labour Inspectorate may grant dispensation from the regulations. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any such dispensation granted, the conditions and limits of time determined, on the consultations of the most representative organizations of employers and workers and on the precautions taken to protect workers.

Article 4. The Committee notes that the Government refers to section 37 of the Public Services Act. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the Act and information on the consultations which have been held with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned.

Article 21, paragraph 3. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which workers are informed of the results of their medical examinations and receive individual advice concerning their health in relation to their work.

Article 21, paragraph 4. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the efforts made to provide workers concerned with other means of maintaining their income in the event that continued assignment to work involving exposure to asbestos is medically inadvisable.