Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148) - Guinea (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes the statement made by the Government in its report that it has taken note of the Committee's previous comments and that a number of regulations are being drafted in order to give full effect to the Labour Code. It further notes that the Government has requested ILO technical assistance for drafting these texts so that they will be in conformity with the provisions of ILO Conventions. The Committee hopes that the provisions necessary for the full application of all Articles of the Convention will be drafted in the very near future and that they will adequately reflect the Committee's previous comments.

1. Article 1, paragraph 1. The Committee would recall that, in its previous comments, it noted that the public service was excluded from the provisions of the Labour Code, whereas under this Article all branches of economic activity are covered by the provisions of the Convention. It requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to apply the provisions of the Convention to the public service.

2. Article 4. The Committee noted, in its previous comments, that section 171(1) of the Labour Code provided for Ministerial Orders to determine the general measures of public health, particularly with regard to ventilation, noise and vibration. The Committee again expresses the hope that an order will be adopted in the near future to prescribe specific measures to be taken for the prevention and control of, and protection against, occupational hazards due to air pollution, noise and vibration, as required by this Article. It hopes that such order will in particular give full effect to the following provisions:

Article 8. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures to establish criteria for determining the hazards of exposure to air pollution, noise and vibration and to specify exposure limits.

Article 9. It further requests the Government to indicate the technical and organisational measures to eliminate those hazards.

Article 10. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to ensure the provision of personal protective equipment at workplaces where the air pollution, noise and vibration levels exceed the exposure limits determined by the competent authority.

3. Article 14. The Committee notes that, in its report for Convention No. 139, the Government indicated that a medical service had been endowed with a laboratory for the study and analysis of occupational accidents and diseases. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether measures have been taken to promote research with regard to the prevention and control of hazards in the working environment due to air pollution, noise and vibration at this medical service. It also requests the Government to describe any other measures taken for the promotion of this research.