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The Committee notes with regret that, for several years, the Government’s report has contained no response to the Committee’s comments and that there have been no significant changes to report. The Committee notes the Government’s repeated statement that it plans to update existing standards on safety and health in dock work, that the Handbook of Standards on Safety and Risk Prevention for Dockworkers is being revised and that the Committee’s more specific comments have been forwarded to the directorate-general of the merchant navy and that the Government is awaiting information. Against this background and the numerous comments the Committee has been making since 1993, the Committee urges the Government to take all necessary action to bring its national law and practice into compliance with the Convention, to complete the revision of the Handbook of Standards on Safety and Risk Prevention for Dockworkers and to provide copies of all relevant legislation and other relevant texts as soon as they have been adopted.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide extracts from the reports of the inspection services, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported and any other information that would enable the Committee to assess how the Convention is applied in practice. The Committee reminds the Government that it may avail itself of ILO technical assistance in aligning its legislation with the Convention and ensuring its application in practice.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2009.]