Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 326, November 2001

Case No 2043 (Russian Federation) - Complaint date: 09-AUG-99 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 155. The Committee last examined this case at its meeting in November 2000 when it requested the Government to urgently take all appropriate measures so that the arrears owing to Zashchita be paid immediately by Murommashzavod Ltd., and that the situation be remedied as regards future remittances [see 323rd Report, paras. 493-505].
2. 156. In a communication dated 6 June 2001, the Government indicates that, upon verification by the Directorate of the Ministry of Justice, it was found that the bailiff’s office received a writ of execution on 9 June 1999 concerning the enforcement of payment of sums by the Murommashzavod joint-stock company to the Zashchita first-level trade union, on the basis of which enforcement proceedings were instituted. The bailiff is taking all the measures for the settlement of the debt, but this task is made difficult by the fact that during the period 1999-2000 writs of execution were issued against the same debtor containing claims ranking second and fourth in priority. All of the funds raised through the sale of the attached property have been distributed in accordance with the requirements laid down in section 78 of the Federal Act respecting enforcement proceedings. The claims of the Zashchita trade union rank fifth in priority, while the abovementioned Federal Act provides that the claims of each subsequent rank will be settled after the full settlement of the claims.
3. 157. The Committee takes due note of this information and requests the Government to keep it informed of the progress made in settling the claims of the Zashchita trade union to the union dues which were deducted from members’ wages but never credited to the union account.