Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2023, publiée 112ème session CIT (2024)

Convention (n° 170) sur les produits chimiques, 1990 - République arabe syrienne (Ratification: 2006)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Legislation. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that pursuant to section 1 of the Ministerial Order No. 28 of 2010 relating to occupational safety and health (OSH), the implementing instructions relating to OSH and the working environment were adopted in light of section 237 of the Labour Code. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the specific provisions of the above-mentioned implementing instructions which give effect to each of the Articles of the Convention and to provide detailed information on any other measures in this regard.

Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice in the country and attach extracts from inspection reports and, where such statistics exist, information on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, the number of cases of occupational disease reported as being caused by exposure to chemical substances, etc.