Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Belgium (Ratification: 1996)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 6(2) of the Convention. Cooperation regarding occupational safety and health of workers employed when two or more employers undertake activities simultaneously at one workplace. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Royal Decree of 25 February 2001, concerning temporary or mobile workplaces, regulates measures to ensure cooperation regarding the occupational safety and health of workers employed when two or more employers undertake activities simultaneously at one workplace. The Committee requests the Government to submit information regarding measures taken to ensure this form of cooperation in other economic sectors.

Article 12(2). Prohibition against all forms of spraying of asbestos. The Committee notes the prohibition against the marketing of the six fibres listed in section 2 of the Royal Decree of 23 October 2001, limiting the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and products (asbestos). The Committee draws the attention of the Government to the fact that this provision of the Convention prohibits the spraying of all forms of asbestos and would appreciate it if the Government would indicate in its next report measures taken or envisaged to give effect to this provision of the Convention.