Appendices

I Appendix to Chapter 6.4

Conventions Relating to Issues of Health and Safety at work'

ILO Conventions C 183 (Convention concerning the revision of the Ma­ternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, Geneva, 15 June 2000);C 182 (Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action forthe Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, Geneva, 17 June1999, in force 19 November 2000); C 180 (Convention concerning Sea­farers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships, Geneva, 22 October1996); C 176 (Convention concerning Safety and Health in Mines, Gene­va, 22 June 1995, in force 5 June 1998); C 174 (Convention concerning thePrevention of Major Industrial Accidents, Geneva, 22 June 1993, in force3 January 1997); C 171 (Convention concerning Night Work, Geneva,26 June 1990, in force 4 January 1995); C 170 (Convention concerningSafety in the use of Chemicals at Work, Geneva, 25 June 1990, in force4November 1993); C 167 (Convention concerning Safety and Health inConstruction, Geneva, 20 June 1988, in force 11 January 1991); C 164(Convention concerning Health Protection and Medical Care for Seafarers,Geneva 8 October 1987, in force 11 January 1991); C 162 (Conventionconcerning Safety in the Use of Asbestos, Geneva 24 June 1986, in force16 June 1989); C 161 (Convention concerning Occupational Health Ser­vices, Geneva, 25 June 1985, in force 17 February 1988); C 161 (Conven­tion concerning Occupational Health Services, Geneva, 25 June 1985, inforce 17 February 1988); C 155 (Convention concerning OccupationalSafety and Health and the Working Environment, Geneva, 22 June 1981,in force 11 August 1983); C 153 (Convention concerning Hours of Workand Rest Periods in Road Transport, Geneva, 27 June 1979, in force10 February 1983); C 152 (Convention concerning Occupational Safetyand Health in Dock Work, Geneva, 25 June 1979, in force 5 December1981); C 148 (Convention concerning the Protection of Workers againstOccupational Hazards in the Working Environment Due to Air Pollution,Noise and Vibration, Geneva, 20 June 1977, in force 11 July 1979); C 147(Convention concerning Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships, Geneva,29 October 1976, in force 28 November 1981); C 146 (Convention con­cerning Annual Leave with Pay for Seafarers, Geneva, 29 October 1976, in

I Cf. Chapter 6.4 in this volume, Sebastian Krebber, "The Search for Core LaborStandards in Liberalized Trade", footnote 152.

440 I Appendix to Chapter6.4

force 13 June 1979); C 139 (Convention concerning Prevention and Con­trol of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances andAgents, Geneva, 24 June 1974, in force 10 June 1976); C 138 (Conventionconcerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, Geneva,26 June 1973, in force 19 June 1976); C 136 (Convention concerning Pro­tection against Hazards of Poisoning Arising from Benzene, Geneva,23 June 1971, in force 27 July 1973); C 134 (Convention concerning thePrevention of Occupational Accidents to Seafarers , Geneva, 30 October1970, in force 17 February 1973); C 132 (Convention concerning AnnualHolidays with Pay (Revised), 1970, Geneva, 24 June 1970, in force30 June 1973); C 127 (Convention concerning the Maximum PermissibleWeight to Be Carried by One Worker, Geneva 28 June 1967, in force10 March 1970); C 124 (Convention concerning Medical Examination ofYoung Persons for Fitness for Employment Underground in Mines, Ge­neva, 23 June 1965, in force 13 December 1967); C 123 (Convention con­cerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment Underground inMines, Geneva, 22 June 1965, in force 10 November 1967); C 120 (Con­vention concerning Hygiene in Commerce and Offices, Geneva, 8 July1964, in force 29 March 1966); C 119 (Convention concerning the Guard­ing of Machinery, Geneva, 25 June 1963, in force 21 April 1965); C 115(Convention concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionising Radia­tions, Geneva, 22 June 1960, in force 17 June 1962); C 113 (Conventionconcerning the Medical Examination of Fishermen, Geneva, 19 June 1959,in force 7 November 1961); ClIO (Convention concerning Conditions ofEmployment of Plantation Workers, Geneva, 24 June 1958, in force22 January 1960); C 109 (Convention concerning Wages , Hours of Workon Board Ship and Manning (Revised 1958), Geneva, 14 May 1958);C 106 (Convention concerning Weekly Rest in Commerce and Offices,Geneva, 26 June 1957, in force 4 March 1959); C 103 (Convention con­cerning Maternity Protection (Revised 1952), Geneva, 28 June 1952, inforce 7 September 1955); C 101 (Convention concerning Holidays withPay in Agriculture, Geneva, 26 June 1952, in force 24 July 1954); C 93(Convention concerning Wages, Hours of Work on Board Ship and Man­ning (Revised 1949), Geneva, 18 June 1949); C 091 (Convention concern­ing Vacation Holidays with Pay for Seafarers (Revised 1949), Geneva,18 June 1949, in force 14 September 1967); C 090 (Convention concern­ing the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry (Revised1948), San Francisco, 10 July 1948, in force 12 June 1951); C 089 (Con­vention concerning Night Work of Women Employed in Industry (Revised1948), San Francisco, 9 July 1948, in force 27 February 1951); C 079(Convention concerning the Restriction of Night Work of Children andYoung Persons in Non-Industrial Occupations, Montreal, 9 October 1946,

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in force 29 December 1950); C 078 (Convention concerning Medical Ex­amination of Children and Young Persons for Fitness for Employment inNon-Industrial Occupations. Montreal, 9 October 1946, in force29 December 1950); C 077 (Convention concerning Medical Examinationfor Fitness for Employment in Industry of Children and Young Persons,Montreal, 9 October 1946, in force 29 December 1950); C 076 (Conven­tion concerning Wages, Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning, Seat­tle, 29 June 1946); C 073 (Convention concerning the Medical Examina­tion of Seafarers, Seattle, 29 June 1949, in force 17 August 1955); C 072(Convention concerning Vacation Holidays with Pay for Seafarers, Seattle,28 June 1946); C 067 (Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours ofWork and Rest Periods in Road Transport, Geneva, 28 June 1939, in force18 March 1955); C 062 (Convention concerning Safety Provisions in theBuilding Industry, Geneva, 23 June 1937, in force 4 July 1942); C 061(Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in the Textile In­dustry, Geneva, 22 June 1937); C 060 (Convention concerning the Age forAdmission of Children to Non-Industrial Employment, Geneva, 22 June1937, in force 29 December 1950); C 059 (Convention Fixing the Mini­mum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment (Revised1937), Geneva, 22 June 1937, in force 21 February 1941); C 058 (Conven­tion Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admission of Children to Employ­ment at Sea, Geneva, 24 October 1936, in force 11 April 1939); C 057(Convention concerning Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning, Ge­neva, 24 October 1936); C 052 (Convention concerning Annual Holidayswith Pay, Geneva, 24 June 1936, in force 22 September 1939); C 051(Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work on Public Works,Geneva, 23 June 1936); C 049 (Convention concerning the Reduction ofHours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works, Geneva, 25 June 1935, in force10 June 1938); C 046 (Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines(Revised 1935), Geneva, 21 June 1935); C 045 (Convention concerningthe Employment of Women on Underground Work in Mines of all Kinds,Geneva, 21 June 1935, in force 30 May 1937); C 043 (Convention for theRegulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works, Geneva,21 June 1934, in force 13 January 1938); C 041 (Convention concerningEmployment of Women during the Night (Revised 1934), Geneva, 19 June1934, in force 22 November 1936); C 033 (Convention concerning theAge for Admission of Children to Non-Industrial Employment, Geneva,30 April 1932, in force 6 June 1935); C 032 (Convention concerning theProtection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unload­ing Ships (Revised), 1932, Geneva, 27 April 1932, in force 30 October1934); C 031 (Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines, Ge­neva, 18 June 1931; C 030 (Convention concerning the Regulation of

442 I Appendix to Chapter 6.4

Hours of Work in Commerce and Offices, Geneva, 28 June 1930, in force29 August 1933); C 028 (Convention concerning the Protection againstAccidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships, Geneva,21 June 1929, in force 1 April 1932); C 020 (Convention concerning NightWork in Bakeries, Geneva, 8 June 1925, in force 26 May 1928); C 016(Convention concerning the Compulsory Medical Examination of Childrenand Young Persons Employed at Sea, Geneva, 11 November 1921, inforce 20 November 1922); C 015 (Convention Fixing the Minimum Agefor the Admission of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers or Stok­ers, Geneva, 11 November 1921, in force 20 November 1922); C 014(Convention concerning the Application of the Weekly Rest in IndustrialUndertakings, Geneva, 17 November 1921, in force 19 June 1923); C 013(Convention concerning the Use of White Lead in Painting, Geneva,19November 1921, in force 31 August 1923); COlO (Convention con­cerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture,Geneva, 16 November 1921, in force 31 August 1923); C 007 (ConventionFixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment atSea, Genoa, 9 July 1920, in force 27 September 1921); C 006 (Conventionconcerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry,Washington, 28 November 1919, in force 13 June 1921); C 004 (Conven­tion concerning Employment of Women during the Night, Washington,29 November 1919, in force 13 June 1921); C 003 (Convention concerningthe Employment of Women before and after Childbirth, Washington,29 November 1919, in force 13 June 1921); COOl (Convention Limitingthe Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day andForty-eight in the Week, Washington, 28 November 1919, in force13 June, 1921; all ILO conventions to be found at: http://ilolex.ilo.ch :1567/english/convdisp2.htm.

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II Appendix to Chapter 6.4.2

General Regulations Concerning Health and Safety at Wor/(!

Cf. e.g. Algeria: Loi no. 88-07 de 26 janvier 1988 relative al'hygiene, ala securite et a la medecine du travail, Journal officiel. 1988-01-27. no. 4,pp. 84-89; Argentina : Decreto num. 1741/96 de 11 de junio, sobre estable­cimientos industriales; Barbados: Factories Act (Ch.347), The Laws ofBarbados, Chapter 347 (L.R.O. 1987), pp.9-108; Bolivia: Decreto leynum. 16998 de 2 de agosto de 1979, ley general de higiene, seguridad ocu­pacional y bienestar, Ley general del trabajo. Serrano Tomeo, Cocha­bamba. Bolivia. 1993-07-25, pp.183-289; Bulgaria: Act of 16 December1997 on Occupational Safety and Health, D'rzhaven Vestnik. 1997-12-23 .No. 124, pp. 10-19; Burundi: Decret du 8 janvier 1952 relatif a la securiteet a la salubrite au travail, Recueil de la Legislation du Travail du Burundi,Programme des Nations Unies pour le Developpement, Burundi, 1983-08­00, p. 1; China: Code of Safety and Health in Factories; Estonia: Act of16 June 1999 on occupational hygiene and safety (Text No. 616), Pravov­ye Akty. 1999-09-30. No. 49, pp. 1843-1866; Dominican Republic: Regla­mento sobre higiene y seguridad industrial von 1966; Fiji: Health andSafety at Work Act, 1996 (No.4 of 1996), Gazette, Acts, pp. 19-62; Cam­eroon: Arrete no. 23 du 27 mai 1969 fixant les mesures generales d' hy­giene et de securite sur les lieux de travail, Journal officiel, 1969-06-01;Kazakhstan: Government Decree No. 878 of 9 June 2000 to approve theNational Plan of action on hygiene of the environment (Text No. 305), Ak­tiler Zhinagy. 2000-07-25. No. 26, pp. 99-140; Kenya: The Factories Act(Chapter 514) (No. 38 of 1950) [consolidated through 1972], Laws ofKenya. Government Printer, Nairobi, Kenya, 1972, Chapter 514 - 1972rev. ed.; Kyrgyzstan : Law No. 765-XII of 27 February 1992 on LabourProtection (Safety and Health) (Text No. 152), Vedomosti VerkhovnogoSovieta Respubliki Kyrgyzstan. 1992-04-00. No. 4/1 (1004), pp. 134-150;Latvia: Act of 4 May 1993 on Labour Protection; Madagascar : Loi no. 94­027 du 17 novembre 1994 portant Code d'hygiene, de securite et de l'envi­ronnement du travail, Journal officiel, partie 1. 1995-12-04, no. 2337,pp. 3670-3672; Malawi: Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act,1997 (No. 21 of 1997), Government Gazette, 1997-08-29. No. 21, pp. 1­58; Malaysia: Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (No. 514); Mauri­tius: Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act 1988. No. 34, Govern­ment Gazette, Legal Supplement. 1988-12-03, No. 76, pp. 133-215 ; Mol-

I Cf. Chapter 6.4.2 in this volume, Sebastian Krebber, "The Search for Core La­bor Standards in Liberalized Trade", footnote 281.

444 II Appendix to Chapter 6.4.2

davia: Law No. 625-XII of 2 July 1991 on Labour Protection (Safety andHealth); Nigeria: Factories Act (No. 16 of 1987), Laws of the FederationofNigeria. 1990. Vol. 8, Chapter 126; Papua New Guinea: Industrial Safe­ty, Health and Welfare Act (Chapter 175); Peru: Ley num.26842, LeyGeneral de Salud, El Peruano. 1997-07-20. Nr. 6232, pp. 151245-151252;Solomon Islands: Safety at Work Act 1982 (No.3 of 1982); Saint Lucia:Employees (Occupational Health and Safety) Act 1985. No. 10; Sey­chelles: Occupational Safety and Health (Workplace health, safety andwelfare) Regulations, 1997; Slovakia: Occupational Safety and Health Pro­tection at Work Act (No. 330); Sri Lanka: Factories Ordinance. Chap­ter 144, Legislative Enactments ofthe Democratic Socialist Republic ofSriLanka, Government of Sri Lanka. 1980, pp. 51-110; South Africa: Occu­pational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (No. 85 of 1993), Government Ga­zette of the Republic of South Africa. 1993-07-02. Vol. 337. No. 14918,pp. 1-53 ; South Korea: Industrial Safety and Health Act (No. 4220 of1990), Labor Laws ofKorea 1998, Ministry of Labor, Korea, pp. 183-257;Taiwan: Occupational Safety Act as amended to 17 May 1991, LabourLaws and Regulations ofthe Republic ofChina, Council of Labour Affairsof the Executive Yuan, Taiwan, 1993, pp. 152-185; Ukraine: Act on La­bour Protection (safety and health) of 14 October 1992, Vedomosti Verk­hovnogo Soveta Ukrainy, 1992-12-08, Nr. 49, pp. 1475-1493 ; Venezuela:Ley organica de prevencion, condiciones y medio ambiente de trabajo, Ga­ceta Oficia1, 1986-07-18, N.3850, extraordinario, pp. 1-7 ; Belorus: ActNo. 363 of 10 January 2000 on industrial security of dangerous productionsites (Text No. 41), Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta, 2000-02-15. No.5,pp. 130-153 .

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