Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Croatia (Ratification: 1991)

1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s reports. It also notes the 2001 annual port inspection report.

2. Article 4 of the Convention. Transport of workers to a ship by water. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that Croatian legislation does not cover the question addressed by Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to indicate what measures are taken or envisaged to give effect to this Article and how its application is ensured in practice.

3. Article 8. Safety of workers when engaged in removing or replacing hatch coverings and beams used for hatch coverings. The Committee notes the indication in the Government’s report that the matters raised under this Article are not covered by national legislation. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate what measures are taken or envisaged to give effect to this Article and how its application is ensured in practice.

4. Article 11. Leaving a load suspended from a hoisting machine when there is not a competent person actually in charge of the machine. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that it is prohibited, in accordance with section 145 of the Regulations on the technical standards applicable to hoisting machines (Official Journal No. 6/84), to leave a load suspended on a hook or a rope without good reason. The Committee requests the Government to indicate what are the good reasons referred to in this section.

5. Part V of the report form. The Committee draws the Government’s attention to Part V of the report form and requests it to supply information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice by providing, for instance, extracts from inspectors’ reports, statistics, details on the number and nature of the contraventions reported and of accidents reported.

6. The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that the ILO Governing Body has requested States parties to Convention No. 32 to contemplate ratifying the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), which revises Convention No. 32. Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99-101). The Committee also wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the recently adopted ILO code of practice on this subject, entitled Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any decision taken with respect to Convention No. 152.