Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Netherlands (Ratification: 1950)

Part V of the report form of the Convention. Further to its previous observation, the Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government on the practical application of the Convention. It notes in particular the information concerning the results of a study commissioned in 1996 by the Ministry of Social Affairs to examine the extent to which the construction industry was familiar with and complying with the former Construction Process Decree. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would keep the Office informed of any follow-up measures taken regarding the findings of this study in respect of the impossibility of taking into account the Decree’s "preventive principle" on safety and health at the design stage, resulting from contractors drawing up their own health and safety plans, and the non-compliance by specialized subcontractors and self-employed operators with the legislation.