Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2014, publiée 104ème session CIT (2015)

Convention (n° 136) sur le benzène, 1971 - Slovaquie (Ratification: 1993)

Legislation. The Committee notes that, in its report, the Government indicates that numerous legislative instruments, which gave effect to the provisions of the Convention, have been replaced. It notes that: (i) Decree No. 67/2002 Coll. on the issuance of the list of selected chemical substances and selected chemical preparations of which the introduction into the market is restricted or prohibited, which gave effect to Articles 1, 2(2), 3 and 4 of the Convention, has been replaced by Act No. 67/2010 on conditions applicable to the placing on the market of chemical substances and chemical mixtures; (ii) Act No. 272/1994 on the protection of human health, which gave effect to Articles 2(1), 5, 7(1), 8(2), 9(1)(a), 11(1) and 13, has been replaced by Act No. 126/2006 on public health; (iii) Regulation No. 45/2002 on the protection of health at work with chemical factors, which gave effect to Article 2(1), has been replaced by Act No. 126/2006; (iv) Regulation No. 46/2002 on the protection of health at work with carcinogenic and mutagenic factors, which gave effect to Articles 5, 6(2), 7(2), 8(1) and 9(1)(b), has been replaced by Act No. 126/2006; (v) Act No. 330/1996 on safety and protection of health at work, which gave effect to Article 8(2), has been replaced by Act No. 124/2006 on safety and protection of health at work; (vi) Regulation No. 504/2002 on the conditions of providing personal protective equipment, which gave effect to Article 8(2), has been replaced by Regulation No. 395/2006 on minimum standards for the provision and usage of protective work equipment; (vii) Act No. 277/1994 on health care, which gave effect to Article 10, has been replaced by Act No. 538/2005 on natural healing waters, natural health resorts, spas and places of natural mineral waters; (viii) Regulation No. 444/2001 on the requirements for using the symbols and signal descriptions for security, safety and protection of health at work, which gave effect to Article 12, has been replaced by Regulation No. 387/2006 on the requirements for securing safety and protection of health at work; and (ix) Act No. 95/2000 on labour inspection, which gave effect to Article 14, has been replaced by Act No. 125/2006 on labour inspection. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the specific provisions of the legislation in force, and to provide information on any other measures, which give effect to the aforementioned Articles of the Convention. It also requests the Government to communicate a copy of the relevant provisions, if possible in one of the working languages of the ILO.