Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Czechia (Ratification: 1993)

1. Further to its observation on this Convention, the Committee notes the information in the Government’s report, including information on the adoption of Acts Nos. 247/2003 and 46/2004 amending the Labour Code, of Decrees Nos. 356/2002, 288/2003, 356/2003, 432/2003, 221/2004, 427/2004, 433/2004, 38/2005, 251/2005, and of Government Regulations Nos. 523/2002 and 441/2004, amending Government Regulation No. 178/2001. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of this legislation, as well as Act No. 258/2000, Public Health Protection, referred to in previous reports, including, to the extent possible, translations thereof in one of the working languages of the ILO.

2. Part IV of the report form. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that 6,264 persons were recorded by the Register of Chemical Carcinogens for the year 2004, and that 14 cases of pleural mesothelioma and seven cases of lung cancer with asbestosis or hyalinosis of lungs were reported. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information in this respect and reiterates its requests to provide information on the specific protective measures taken in application of Articles 2 and 5 of the Convention to protect workers from diseases caused by their exposure to carcinogenic substances.