Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) - Norway (Ratification: 1996)

Further to its previous requests for more detailed information on the scope and content of implementing legislation, the Committee notes the Government’s explanations concerning the circular, currently under preparation by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Government states that following the recommendation of the law commission that assessed the new public procurement regulations (NOU 1997:21) to the effect that the Convention should be implemented in the form of a circular to central authorities, the Government has resolved earlier this year that the Ministry of Trade and Industry should draw up a circular requiring government agencies to comply with the provisions of the Convention and that the circular should contain labour clauses that each government agency would be required to include in contracts with suppliers and contractors.  The Government further indicates that work on this circular was expected to be completed in the course of autumn 2004. While taking due note of the above information, the Committee requests the Government to transmit a copy of the circular as soon as it is issued and to continue to provide all available information on the practical application of the Convention, including samples of public contracts, statistics on public procurement and the number of workers concerned, copies of recent studies or official publications dealing with labour matters in public procurement, and any other particulars which would enable the Committee to evaluate the conformity of national law and practice with the requirements of the Convention.