Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176) - Albania (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes the general information provided by the Government in its first report and that relevant legislation, i.e. the Law on Safety in Mines (Law No. 8741 of 15 February 2001) and the Law on the Use of Explosives (No. 9126 of 29 July 2003) were not attached to the first report and have not, as requested, been made available to the Committee. On this basis the Committee has been unable to examine the application by Albania of the present Convention. With reference to the Committee’s comments on the application by Albania of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Committee notes that the Government is engaged in significant legislative reform in the area of occupational safety and health; that, pursuant to a request from the Government, the Office has provided technical comments on a draft comprehensive law on occupational safety and health; and that the Office would be disposed to provide any further technical assistance regarding the required effect to be given to the present Convention, should the Government so request. The Committee requests the Government to take the obligations under the present Convention into account in the context of the ongoing legislative reform and to submit copies of any relevant new legislation once adopted.