Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) - Norway (Ratification: 1971)

1. The Committee notes from the Government's report that no significant new measure has been taken in the field of agriculture since the previous report. However, the Government indicates in respect of Article 7 of the Convention, that following the reorganization of 1996 there is no longer a separate section responsible for the agricultural sector within the Directorate of Labour Inspection, since two posts have been created within the service responsible for health, the environment and safety: one responsible for supervision of agricultural machinery and the other for that of agricultural buildings.

2. The Committee reminds the Government that under Article 26, paragraphs 1 and 3, copies of the annual reports of the inspection services in agriculture, either as two separate reports, or as part of the general annual report of the inspection services, must be transmitted to the ILO within three months after their publication. The Committee notes that such a report has not been transmitted to the ILO and trusts that the Government will take the measures necessary to give effect to the abovementioned provisions in the near future and that annual reports on inspection in the field of agriculture containing all the information required under Article 27 will be sent timely to the Office.