Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) - France (Ratification: 1973)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s report and the information provided in response to the Committee’s comments and wishes to bring the Government’s attention to the following points.

2. Article 7 of the Convention. Limits on loads for women and young workers. The Committee notes that the Government envisages a complete review of chapter IV of title II of the Labour Code relating to those provisions applying to women and young workers which will allow for rules on protection concerning exposure to hazardous work or products to be updated. However, the Committee notes that the Government does not mention the inclusion of measures to raise the minimum age for assignment to manual transport of loads to 16 years, nor the measures taken or envisaged with a view to limiting the assignment of women to manual transport of light loads not exceeding, as far as possible, 15 kg. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to this effect as well as to provide in its next report a copy of the revised Labour Code.