Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. 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 matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes that under the terms of section 110.4 of Act No. 95-15 of 12 January 1995 setting forth the Labour Code, the provisions for the application of the Act shall be determined by regulation and that the previous regulations remain in force where their provisions are in harmony with the Code. It also notes the Government’s statement in its report that the provisions of Decree Code No. 67-321 of 21 July 1967, which are in accordance with the Code, remain in force (sections 4D-280 to 4D-301; 4D-302 to 4D-318; 4D-431 and 4D-432). The Committee also notes that, by virtue of section 23.1 of the Code, the nature of the work prohibited to women, pregnant women and children shall be determined under the conditions set out by decree. The Committee recalls that Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention prohibits the employment of males under 18 years of age and of all females in any painting work of an industrial character involving the use of white lead or sulphate of lead or other products containing these pigments. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken or are envisaged to ensure the observance of this Article of the Convention.