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

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Guinea (Ratification: 1976)

Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee notes that under section 4 of Order No. 93/4794/MRAFDPT/DNTLS, the employer must replace a carcinogenic substance by another, non-carcinogenic or less carcinogenic substance, provided that such a substance exists, each time that such replacement can be envisaged in view of the actual circumstances. The Committee requests the Government to provide clarification on the concept of "actual circumstances" in which such replacement is envisaged.