Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Greece (Ratification: 1984)

1. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report and the adoption of regulations concerning occupational risk prevention during project planning (DIPAP/177/2-3-2001-O.J.266/B/14-3-2001), the establishment of an occupational safety and health plan for public works (DEEPP/85/14-5-2001-O.J.686/B/1-6-2001), occupational risk prevention and confrontation during construction of public works DIPAP/889/27-11-2002-O.J.16/B/14-1-2003, and the publication of the PD 155/2004 "Amendment of PD 394/94 in compliance with Directive 2001/45/EC" including regulations for scaffolding and general access systems for works at height.

2. Article 6. Statistics. The Committee notes with interest that according to statistics provided by the Government, the number of persons working in the construction industry appears to be on the increase but that since rising numbers of accidents in 2002 and 2003, the number of accidents recorded appear to have decreased in 2004 in both absolute and relative terms. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information and statistics on the practical application of the Convention.

3. The Committee also notes with interest the declared intention by the Government to consider ratifying the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), which, as the Governing Body has already noted (document GB.268/8/2), is an instrument that might be more adapted to the current situation in the building industry than the present Convention. The Committee invites the Government to keep it informed on any decisions taken in this respect.