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

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) - Netherlands (Ratification: 1990)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government, in particular, "The 2001 Census in the Netherlands, Integration of Registers and Surveys - Statistics Netherlands, June 2000" attached to the report, in which is presented the Dutch census programme.

The Committee asks the Government to supply further information on the following points.

Article 11 of the Convention.  The Committee notes that, according to the available information in the ILO, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) did not wish to send the results of the 1996 Labour Cost Survey to the ILO, considering that these data were not comparable to those of previous surveys. It draws the Government’s attention to the requirement, in accordance with Article 5, to communicate to the ILO, as soon as practicable, the published statistics compiled in pursuance of this Article and information concerning their publication.

Article 14.  The Committee notes the information provided in the report on statistics of occupational injuries compiled from the "Injury Information System" and on statistics of occupational diseases compiled from the records of the Dutch Centre of Occupational Diseases. In this connection, it draws the Government’s attention to the requirement under Articles 2, 3, 5 and 6 to supply information on: (i) those international standards and guidelines which were taken into account when the concepts, definitions and methodology used for these statistics were designed (Article 2); (ii) the extent of any consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers when designing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of these statistics (Article 3); (iii) the title and reference number of the principal publication which contains the detailed methodological description of the survey (Article 6). It also asks the Government to communicate to the ILO, as soon as practical, the published statistics compiled in pursuance of this Article (Article 5).