Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) - Kyrgyzstan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Repetition

The Committee notes that the most recent report on the application of this Convention was received in 1994 and that it is yet uncertain whether Articles 5(3), 6(2), 12 and 14 are fully applied in the country. The Committee also notes, however, the publication in 2008 by the Government, in collaboration with the ILO, of Occupational safety and health in the Kyrgyz Republic – National profile. According thereto a number of laws, regulations and technical standards have been adopted since 1994 which indicate promising developments in the area of occupational safety and health. The Committee also notes that according to this national profile the Government is considering the ratification of the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). Welcoming these developments, the Committee asks the Government to report on progress in this regard. It also urges the Government to fulfil its reporting obligations under this ratified Convention, and invites the Government to consider whether it would benefit from technical assistance from the Office regarding the development of legislation giving effect to the provisions of the present Convention and the reporting obligations associated with such ratified Conventions. In the meantime the Committee must yet again repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 5(3) of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of collective and other agreements containing mutual obligations designed to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.

Article 6(2). The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the general procedures prescribed for the collaboration of employers where two or more of them undertake activities simultaneously at one workplace. It also asks the Government to provide a copy of the Standards and Regulations for Health and Safety in Construction Work (No. III-4-80) and of the Order of the Ministry of Industry and Energy governing work done jointly by several enterprises at the same workplace in coalmining.

Article 12. The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the Regulations on state medical supervision referred to in its report.

Article 14. The Committee asks the Government to describe the measures taken to promote research, in accordance with this Article.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the near future.