Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2011, Publicación: 101ª reunión CIT (2012)

Convenio sobre el benceno, 1971 (núm. 136) - Kuwait (Ratificación : 1974)

Article 6(3) of the Convention. Measurement of the concentration of benzene. Part IV of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes that it has, on several occasions in previous comments, requested the Government to provide concrete information on how Order No. 210 of 2 October 2001 on executive regulations of Act No. 21/1995 is applied in practice and how compliance with the required limit for exposure to benzene of 0.5 mg/l is maintained in practice. The Committee yet again notes that the Government in its most recent report repeats its reference to the activities of the labour inspection services, without submitting any supporting information on actual labour inspection carried out. Recalling that Article 6(3) of the Convention requires the competent authority to issue directions on carrying out the measurement of the concentration of benzene in the workplace, the Committee urges the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged in this regard. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including extracts from the reports of inspection services and information on the number of employed persons covered by the measures adopted, to give effect to the Convention and on the number and nature of the contraventions reported.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2012.]