Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) - Romania (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes that the labour protection legislation adopted recently continues to give effect to the provisions of the Convention.

The Committee notes that according to the statistical information provided for 1997–2007 the number of cases of recorded occupational diseases caused by benzene varies from year to year with a peak in 2002 (16) and half that number in 2007 (eight). Over the period the number of workers exposed to benzene appears to be decreasing from 114,141 in 1997 to 9,755 in 2007. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide such statistical information, including information on the outcome of these cases and any further information on measures taken to ensure a full application of the Convention.