Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62) - Egypt (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its reports which were received in 1988 and 1991, as well as the additional information supplied in 1992.

In its previous comments the Committee noted that the national legislation contains no provisions respecting scaffolds, hoisting appliances and the information of the persons concerned, as provided for in Articles 3(a), 7, 8, paragraphs 1(a) and 2(a), 14, paragraph 3, and 15, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention to ensure safety in the building industry.

The Committee notes that, in its communication of February 1992, the Government states that it is undertaking a revision of the national legislation and that the Ministry of Labour has established working groups to re-examine ratified and unratified Conventions relating to the protection of workers with a view to ensuring their strict application. The Government therefore requests time to enable it to resolve the points raised in the previous comments and states that it will take into consideration the provisions of the Convention when amending the Labour Code and Order No. 55 of 1983 respecting the conditions and protective measures necessary to ensure safety and health at the workplace.

The Committee takes due note of these indications. It recalls that the Government already stated in its report received in 1986 that the revision of Title V of the Labour Code, concerning safety and health, was under way and that instructions respecting scaffolds would be included, during the revision, in ministerial orders adopted under the above Title of the Labour Code. The Committee therefore hopes that the necessary measures will be adopted in the near future to bring the law and regulations into conformity with the standards set out in the Convention with regard to the safety of scaffolds and hoisting appliances and the information of the persons concerned with regard to the provisions adopted in this respect, and that the Government will report the progress achieved.