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

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Slovenia (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in its latest report indicating recent legislative amendments, including the Machinery Safety Rules (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 75/08), which give further effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee also notes the responses provided by the Government indicating effect given to Articles 2(1) and (2), 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 16 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to include a copy of the Machinery Safety Rules No. 75/08 with its next report and to continue to provide information on legislative measures undertaken with regard to the Convention.

Article 2, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Convention. Provisions of national laws or regulations, or prevention by other equally effective measures, prohibiting the sale, hire, transfer in any other manner, and exhibition of machinery of which the dangerous parts are without appropriate guards. The Committee notes the information referring to section 7 of the Machinery Safety Rules, which requires the manufacturer or his authorized representative, before placing machinery on the market and/or putting it into service, to ensure that it satisfies the relevant essential health and safety requirements set out in annex I of these Rules. The Committee asks the Government to submit a copy of the abovementioned annex with its next report.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government with regard to the high number of irregularities related to safety devices, inscriptions and warnings in the construction industry and wood processing sector. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on measures taken or envisaged to address this high number of irregularities and to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice.