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

Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report. However, it would be grateful to be provided with further information on the following points.

Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Health booklets for young fishers under 21 years of age. Further to its previous comments on this point, the Committee notes that the Government refers once again to Decrees Nos. 439/969 of 9 September 1969 and 651/990 of 18 December 1990. It regrets that the Government is still not in a position to specify clearly whether the validity of a medical certificate issued to fishers under 21 years of age may not exceed a period of one year, as required by this Article of the Convention. The Committee is therefore bound to request the Government once again to indicate the provisions of laws or regulations which continue to give effect to Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention. It also reiterates its previous request to the Government to provide samples of the health booklets issued to fishers.

Part V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to provide general information on the application of the Convention in practice with an indication, for instance, of the number of professional fishers covered by the Convention and statistics on the number of medical examinations carried out and medical certificates issued each year, extracts from the reports of the inspection services containing information on the number and nature of the contraventions reported and the penalties imposed, etc.