Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2007, publiée 97ème session CIT (2008)

With reference also to its request concerning the application of Convention No. 81, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information on the following matters.

Article 12 of the Convention. Cooperation between the inspection services in agriculture and other government services or public institutions. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken to promote such cooperation in an effective manner with regard specifically to agriculture-related issues, and to give tangible examples thereof.

Articles 14, 15, 21, 26 and 27. Human and material resources of the inspection services in agriculture and inspections of agricultural undertakings. Annual report on the activities of the inspection services in the area of agriculture. According to the Government’s report, due to a shortage of staff and technical means, inspectors devote a large amount of their time to inspections relating to occupational accidents, to the detriment of routine inspections. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that routine inspections focusing on the application of occupational safety and health provisions and the legislation establishing general conditions of work are carried out in agricultural undertakings. In this regard, while noting the annual inspection activity report for 2005, the Committee asks the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that this report contains the information required under Article 27, clauses (a)–(g), on the activities of inspectors in the agricultural sector and, in particular, statistics on the number of inspections carried out, the number of agricultural undertakings liable to inspection and the number of workers concerned.