Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Egypt (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes with interest the adoption in 2003 of a Labour Code which contains provisions aiming at ensuring the safety in the building industry (article 209, paragraph B). It also notes that although the new Labour Code contains only general provisions on this subject, it provides in its article 213 that "The concerned minister shall issue a decree indicating the limits of safety and the necessary conditions and precautions for preventing the risks defined in articles [… 209 …] of the present Law, after consulting the view of the concerned authorities." The Committee hopes that, as provided in article 213 of the Labour Code, the concerned minister shall in the near future issue a decree including provisions regarding scaffolds, hoisting appliances and the information of the persons concerned, as provided for in Articles 3(a), 7, 8, paragraphs 1(a) and 2(a), 14, paragraph 3, and 15, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention.