Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which reads as follows:

With reference to the comments it has been making for a number of years, the Committee notes the statement to the effect that the Government intends to supplement Decrees Nos. 61/135 and 61/137 of 19 August 1961 relating to public contracts for the supply of goods and services, taking into account the Committee’s suggestions. Recalling that the Government has been expressing this intention since 1982, the Committee hopes that the Government will be able to adopt these texts in the very near future. In this connection, the Committee emphasizes that in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the contracts to which the Convention applies shall include clauses guaranteeing to the workers concerned working conditions, and not only wages, which are not less favourable than those established for work of the same character in the trade or industry concerned in the same district. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to supply the texts adopted with its next report.

With regard to the National Collective Agreement for Public Works and Construction, the Committee requests the Government to supply a copy of this agreement since the copy referred to in its earlier report has not been received.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.