Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152) - France (Ratification: 1985)

The Committee notes with regret that for the fifth year in succession no report has been received from the Government. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters which were raised in its previous direct requests:

1. The Committee would be glad if in its next report the Government would indicate in detail the legislative or other provisions which give effect to each of the following Articles of the Convention:

Article 4, paragraph 1(f). Procedures for emergency situations.

Article 4, paragraph 2(a). General requirements relating to the construction, equipping and maintenance of dock structures; (g) construction, maintenance and use of staging; (h) rigging and use of ships' derricks; (k) stocking and storage of goods; and (s) notification and investigation of accidents and diseases.

Article 5, paragraph 2. Collaboration between two or more employers undertaking activities simultaneously at the same workplace.

Article 6, paragraph 1(a) and (b). Workers not to prevent the functioning of safety devices and to take reasonable care.

Article 11. Width of passageways for pedestrians and cargo-handling appliances.

Article 16, paragraph 2. Safe transport to or from workplaces on land.

Article 20. Safety of workers required to be in hold or on cargo deck.

Articles 21 to 24, 26 and 27. Construction, use and inspection of lifting appliances.

Article 28. Rigging plans.

Article 29. Construction and strength of pallets.

Article 30. Safety methods for attaching leads to lifting appliances.

Article 31. Layout of freight container terminals and safety of workers lashing or unlashing containers.

Article 36, paragraphs 1 and 2. Cases in which medical examinations are required, nature of the examinations, medical services, and cost of medical examinations. (Please also supply the information asked for in the report form.)

Article 38, paragraph 2. Minimum aptitudes and experience for workers operating lifting appliances.

Article 39. Reporting of, and inquiries on, occupational accidents and diseases to the competent authority.

Article 42. Time-limits (if any) for the application of the provisions of this Convention to the construction or equipping of ships, lifting appliances or loose gear.

2. The Committee has noted that Decree No. 55-314 of 14 March 1955 laid down special provisions for applying to ships the Protection againts Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32), and that the Order of 7 July 1965 concerning measures of prevention for the loading and unloading of ships made express reference to the Decree No. 56-296 of 2 March 1956 publishing Convention No. 32 and to Decree No. 55-314. It requests the Government to indicate whether it intends to adopt special provisions for the application of Convention No. 152, and to replace the reference to Decree No. 56-296 of 2 March 1956 by a reference to Decree No. 86-1217 of 10 December 1986 authorising the publication of Convention No. 152, in the Order of 7 July 1965.

3. The Committee has noted that the Government has made reference to certain legislation which was not attached to its report. The Committee requests the Government to send with its next report all relevant legislation, and in particular:

- Order of 16 August 1951 concerning lifting appliances;

- Order of 17 July 1954 concerning public transportation;

- Order of 13 March 1956 as supplemented by the Order of 13 September 1960;

- Order of 28 July 1956, making the Order of 13 March 1956 applicable to all industrial and commercial activities.