Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1990)

The Committee notes with interest the information provided in the Government's first and second reports. The Government has referred to certain general occupational safety and health measures already provided for in the legislation and has indicated that, in order to ensure the application of the Convention, draft regulations concerning safety in the use of asbestos have been elaborated and that the representative workers' and employers' organizations have been sent copies of the draft for their comments.

The Committee recalls that, under Article 3 of the Convention, national laws or regulations are to prescribe the measures to be taken for the prevention, control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos. The Government is requested to indicate, in its next report, the progress made in this regard and to provide a copy of any texts adopted to ensure the application of the provisions of the Convention.