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

Convention (n° 148) sur le milieu de travail (pollution de l'air, bruit et vibrations), 1977 - Espagne (Ratification: 1980)

Article 1 of the Convention. Scope. Particular branches. In its previous comments, the Committee referred to aviation and maritime crews, who were excluded from the application of Royal Decree No. 1316/1989, and asked the Government to indicate which standards give effect to the Convention and, ultimately, guarantee the protection it affords to air and maritime transport workers. The Committee notes with satisfaction that the Government states that Royal Decree No. 286/2006 of 10 March 2006 on protection of the safety and health of workers against hazards arising from exposure to noise repealed Royal Decree No. 1316/1989 and that the exceptions provided for in section 1(2) of the repealed Decree relating to aviation and maritime crews were no longer present in the new text. Royal Decree No. 286/2006 also provides in its single transitional provision that the obligation laid down in section 8 – that on no account shall exposure of workers, determined in accordance with section 5.2 (comparison with exposure limits), apply to staff on board maritime vessels only – will apply as from 15 February 2011. The Committee requests the Government to supply detailed information on the practical application of the Convention to workers in the aviation and maritime sectors.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.