Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2010, publiée 100ème session CIT (2011)

Convention (n° 174) sur la prévention des accidents industriels majeurs, 1993 - Albanie (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes the general information provided by the Government in its latest report, including the adoption of a new law on occupational safety and health (OSH) (No. 10237 dated 18 February 2010) and the publication of a Document of Strategic Policies on OSH 2009–13 in May 2009. The Committee has referred to this information during its examination on the application by Albania of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and refers the Government to its comments under that Convention. The Committee would like to state that the Office is available to provide any further technical assistance regarding the required effect to be given to the present Convention, should the Government so request. The Committee notes that the Government has not provided information in its latest report on the application of the Convention, in law and in practice, and is therefore bound to repeat its previous comments, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its first report and that accordingly Articles 2, 4(2), 6–12, 14–18, 20–22 of the Convention are not reflected in national legislation. The Committee also notes that, as regards the application of Articles 1, 3, 4(1), 5, 13 and 19, the Government refers to some provisions in the Law on Labour Inspection (No. 9434 of 30 October 2003) and the Law on Chemicals (No. 9108 of 17 July 2003) which only provide for a limited application of the provisions of the Convention. With reference to the Committee’s comments on the application by Albania of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Committee notes that the Government is engaged in significant legislative reform in the area of occupational safety and health; that, pursuant to a request from the Government, the Office has provided technical comments on a draft comprehensive law on occupational safety and health; and that the Office would be disposed to provide any further technical assistance regarding the required effect to be given to the present Convention, should the Government so request. The Committee requests the Government to take the obligations under the present Convention into account in the context of the ongoing legislative reform and to submit copies of any relevant new legislation once adopted.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2012.]