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

Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) - Hungary (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee takes note of the information provided in the Government's first report.

The Committee requests the Government to supply additional information on the following points.

Article 2 of the Convention. Please indicate the manner in which the representative organizations of employers and workers concerned were consulted before taking the decision to accept the obligations in respect of all the categories of hazards.

Article 4, paragraph 1. The Government is requested to supply all the texts of laws and regulations containing measures for the prevention and control of, and protection against, occupational hazards in the working environment due to air pollution, noise and vibration, and in particular the following texts:

-- Decree No. 25/1996 of the Ministry of Welfare on the general health requirements of employment and working conditions not endangering health;

-- Decree No. 26/1996 of the Ministry of Welfare specifying measures to limit daily exposure within work processes and activities involving a high degree of risk of health injury;

-- Decree No. 27/1996 of the Ministry of Welfare on the reporting and investigation of occupational diseases and cases of high exposure;

-- Decree No. 4/1981 of the Ministry of Health on the medical examination and assessment of aptitude for a position;

-- Decree No. 6/1982 of the Ministry of Health on the protection of good health of women and the juvenile.

Article 4, paragraph 2. The Government is requested to supply copies of all texts containing provisions concerning the practical implementation of the measures prescribed in national laws and regulations provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, and in particular the following texts:

-- MSZ 18162:83, MSZ-ISO 1999:94, MSZ-ISO 5349:91, MSZ 21461-1:88, MSZ 21461-2:92;

-- the joint methodological document of OFOGI and OMUI on damages to hearing;

-- the methodological letter of OMUI (1977) with respect to exposure to vibration.

Article 5, paragraph 2. Please describe the procedure followed for associating representatives of employers and workers in the elaboration of provisions concerning the practical implementation of the measures prescribed in pursuance of the Convention.

Article 8, paragraphs 1 and 2. The Government is requested to give particulars of the criteria for determining the hazards of exposure to air pollution and the exposure limits specified on the basis of these criteria; please indicate how the opinion of technically competent persons designated by the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned was taken into account in the elaboration of the criteria and the determination of the exposure limits specified for all the hazards.

Article 9. The Committee notes from the Government's report that in the course of planning of new facilities -- plant or processes -- a chapter on acoustics is to be prepared. The Government is requested to provide particulars of technical or organizational measures prescribed for new plant or processes in design or installation in respect of air pollution or vibration.

Article 11, paragraph 3. Please describe the measures taken to provide workers, whose continued assignment to work involving exposure to air pollution, noise or vibration is found to be medically inadvisable, with suitable alternative employment or to maintain their income.