Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2005, publiée 95ème session CIT (2006)

Convention (n° 174) sur la prévention des accidents industriels majeurs, 1993 - Estonie (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in its report. It requests the Government to supply additional information in order to indicate how effect is given to the following provisions of the Convention:

–      Article 8, paragraph 2 – establishment of a procedure to notify the competent authority before any permanent closure of a major hazard installation;

–      Articles 11 and 12 – employers’ obligation to review, update, amend the safety report, as well as to make it available to the competent authority;

–      Article 14 – legislative or other provision obliging the employers to present a detailed report to the competent authority containing an analysis of the causes of the accident and describing consequences;

–      Article 18, paragraph 2 – measures to make it possible for employers’ and workers’ representatives to accompany inspectors supervising the application of national legislation giving effect to the Convention;

–      Article 20, subparagraph (c) – the way in which workers are consulted in the preparation of the documents such as a safety report and an accident report;

–      Article 22 – legislative or other provisions adopted with a view to ensure the communication of the information on the prohibition of hazardous substances, technologies or processes as a potential source of a major accident.