Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - Spain (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee takes note of the observations from the Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions (CCOO), received on 12 August 2014, and the Government’s report. The Committee also notes the Government’s response to these observations, received on 25 November 2014, which will be examined in due course.

Article 8 of the Convention. Consultations with the most representative organizations of the employers and workers with a view to taking the necessary steps to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee notes the detailed statistical data provided by the Government with respect to the manual handling of loads for the 2010–13 period. Similarly, the Committee notes that, according to the CCOO, most of the problems linked to the practical application of the Convention occur in the services sector, more especially in the wholesale trade and small hotel establishments. The CCOO also points out that the labour authorities of the Autonomous Communities, in cooperation with the labour inspectorate and at the request of the trade union organizations, have conducted campaigns in these sectors to ensure compliance with the Convention. Furthermore, the CCOO states that it would be appropriate for the Government to draft regular reports in the participating agencies such as the National Occupational Safety and Health Commission, to assess the efficacy of Royal Decree No. 487/1997, in force for nearly 20 years, and to determine whether it might be relevant to review this standard. The Committee notes that, under Article 8 of the Convention, each Member shall, by laws or regulations or any other method consistent with national practice and conditions and in consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, take such steps as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to submit its comments on this matter, including on the follow up to the request of the CCOO.