Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147) - Russian Federation (Ratification: 1991)

The Committee notes that no reply has been received concerning documents previously requested, and thus repeats its request which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its first report.

Under point V of the report form there is reference to a certain number of documents mentioned as being annexed to the report but which were not received. These texts are the following:

-- Sectoral Tariff Agreement (STA-95) (full text, including Annex 4 governing hours of work and rest);

-- regulations concerning investigation and reporting of industrial accidents of 3 June 1995, No. 558;

-- instructions on labour protection of the Department of Maritime Transport of the Russian Federation (No. 2-95 of 19 May 1995);

-- regulations governing service on vessels (or on board ship) (no date or reference number is indicated in the report).

The Committee renews its request to the Government to provide these documents urgently so as to enable it to examine the application of the Convention at its next session.