Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

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

The Committee notes the Government's detailed report concerning the application of the Convention. However, it regrets to note for the third consecutive year the failure to transmit the annual reports on the activities of the labour inspectorate sufficiently rapidly for them to be useful. The Committee notes that the Government refers, with regard to Articles 7, 10, 13, 14 and 16 of the Convention, in relation to the application of the Convention in practice, to the statistics and information contained in these reports, and it would therefore be grateful if the Government would take the necessary steps to ensure that in future these reports are published and transmitted to the ILO within the time limits set out in Article 20. Their publication and transmission within appropriate time limits would allow workers and employers and their organizations to be informed of them and react to the points which give rise to concern, while also permitting the Committee to assess developments in the application of the Convention on a factual basis.