Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113) - Brazil (Ratification: 1965)

Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention (annual medical examination for young persons under the age of 21). The Committee notes that in accordance with the legislation cited by the Government in its response regarding the application of this Article (regulatory standard No. 7 of the Occupational Health Medical Supervision Programme), an annual examination is required only for those workers under the age of 18. However, Decree No. 70.334/72, which appears in Appendix 2 to the report, increases to 21 years the age of those subject to a compulsory annual examination. The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would clarify which of the two standards governs the frequency of examinations for fishermen under the age of 21.