Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

Article 1 of the Convention. Marking of weights. In relation to its previous comments the Committee notes that the Government did not provide the information requested. It therefore requests again the Government to indicate whether the obligation to mark loads consigned for shipping includes the marking of any package or objet of 1,000 kilograms (one metric ton) or more gross weight as provided for by Article 1(1) of the Convention, and to indicate the applicable legal provisions in this regard.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes that the Government declares that the implementation of the Convention may be considered satisfactory, and that the implementation of laws and decrees giving effect to the Convention is ensured by port surveyors during the loading and unloading of the ships and through inspectors, once the loading is completed. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide any pertinent information in relation to the application in practice of this Convention.