Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Serbia (Ratification: 2000)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report, and the observations received by the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, which have been addressed under the Committee’s comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155).

Article 1, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention. General provisions. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that national legislation does not consider manually powered machines, new or second-hand, subject to this Convention. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, with regard to the decision to exclude manually powered machines (Article 1(2)), and to provide information on the measures undertaken or envisaged to give effect to Article 1(3).

Article 2. Obligations related to the sale, hire, transfer in any other manner, and exhibition of machinery of which the dangerous parts are without appropriate guards. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that the Rulebook on work safety measures and norms on work tools, prescribes all measures that must be applied to work tools, in order that their moveable parts do not create dangerous situations. The Committee asks the Government to supply a copy of the abovementioned regulation, and to provide further information on specific measures prohibiting the sale, hire, transfer in any other manner, and exhibition of machinery of which the dangerous parts are without appropriate guards, to ensure full effect is given to the provisions of this Article.

Articles 3, 4, 8, 13, 14 and 16. The Committee notes that the Government’s latest report contains no information on measures ensuring effect given to the provisions prescribed in the abovementioned Articles. The Government is requested to indicate measures undertaken or envisaged to give effect to Articles 3, 4, 8, 13, 14 and 16 of the Convention.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee asks the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country; and to attach extracts from inspection reports and, where such exists, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation; the number and nature of the contraventions reported; and the number, nature and cause of accidents reported.