Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - France (Ratification: 1971)

General observation of 2015. The Committee would like to draw the Government’s attention to its general observation of 2015 under this Convention, and in particular to the request for information contained in paragraph 30 thereof.

Article 14 of the Convention. Discontinuation of assignment to work involving exposure to ionizing radiation pursuant to medical advice and alternative employment. With reference to its previous comments on the situation of these workers, the Committee notes the reference by the Government to section R.4451-79 of the Labour Code, which provides that a worker may not be assigned to work involving exposure to ionizing radiations, except in cases of situations of radiological emergency, where the dose received by that worker over a period is higher than the established limit value. In this regard, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to paragraph 40 of its general observation of 2015 on the Convention, which indicate that employers should make all reasonable efforts to provide workers with suitable alternative employment in circumstances for which it has been determined that workers, for health reasons, may no longer continue in employment in which they are or could be subject to occupational exposure. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on any measures adopted or envisaged in this regard.