Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979 (No. 153) - Iraq (Ratification: 1985)

The Committee notes the Government’s latest report on application of the Convention and the information supplied in reply to its previous comments. It would be grateful if it would supply further information on the following points.

Article 6, paragraph 3, of the Convention.  Please provide information on any decisions taken in regard to transport activities carried out in particularly difficult conditions, and particularly the drivers concerned in this respect and the reduced total driving times applicable to them.

Article 10.  Please provide more detailed information on the effect to be given to this Article by supplying a specimen copy of the individual control book and, as appropriate, the record kept by the employer indicating the hours of work and rest periods.

Part IV of the report form.  Please give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied including, for instance, extracts from the reports of the inspection services and, if such statistics are available, information on the number of employed persons covered and the number and nature of contraventions reported.