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Asbestos Occupational Safety and Health Convention

(Convention 162)

Ratified
Federal Law of the Russian Federation
N 50-FZ of April 8, 2000

General Conference of the International Labor Organization,

Convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labor Office and meeting at its 72nd Session on 4 June 1986,

Noting the relevant international labor Conventions and Recommendations and in particular the Occupational Cancer Convention and Recommendation 1974, the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention and Recommendation 1977 and the Occupational Safety and Health Convention and Recommendation 1981 , the Occupational Health Services Convention and Recommendation, 1985, the 1980 revision of the list of occupational diseases annexed to the Occupational Injury Benefits Convention, 1964, and the Code practical rules on Occupational Safety and Health in the Use of Asbestos", published by the International Labor Office in 1984, which sets out the principles national policy and activities at the national level,

Having decided to adopt a number of proposals on labor protection when using asbestos, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session,

Having decided to give these proposals the form of an international convention,

adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six the following Convention, which may be cited as the Asbestos Convention, 1986.

SECTION I. Scope and definitions (Articles 1 - 2)

Article 1

1. This Convention covers all activities involving occupational exposure to asbestos.

2. A Member ratifying this Convention may, after consultation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned and on the basis of an assessment of the health hazards and the safety measures taken, exclude from the application of certain provisions of the Convention certain branches of economic activity or certain undertakings if it is satisfied that their application to these industries or enterprises is not necessary.

3. The competent authority, when deciding to exclude certain economic activities or individual undertakings, shall take into account the frequency, duration and level of exposure, as well as the type of work and working conditions at the workplace.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Convention:

a) the term “asbestos” means a fibrous form of minerals from the silicate class, belonging to the mountain minerals of the serpentine group, i.e. chrysotile (white asbestos) and amphibole groups, i.e. actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), thermolite, or any other compounds containing one or more of these elements;

(b) the term “asbestos dust” means airborne particles of asbestos or settled particles of asbestos that may become airborne in a work environment;

(c) the term “airborne asbestos dust” means, for measurement purposes, dust particles measured by gravimetric or other equivalent method;

d) the term “respirable asbestos fibers” means asbestos fibers having a diameter of less than 3 µm and a fiber length to diameter ratio of more than 3:1. Only fibers longer than 5 µm are taken into account for measurement purposes;

(e) the term “asbestos exposure” means occupational exposure to airborne respirable asbestos fibers or asbestos dust that originate from asbestos or minerals, materials or products containing asbestos;

f) the term "workers" includes members of producer cooperatives;

(g) the term "workers' representatives" means workers' representatives who are recognized as such by national law or practice in accordance with the Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971.

SECTION II. General principles (Articles 3 - 8)

Article 3

1. National laws or regulations prescribe measures to be taken to prevent, control and protect workers from exposure to health hazards arising from asbestos work.

2. National laws and regulations developed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article shall be periodically reviewed in the light of technological progress and advances in scientific knowledge.

3. The competent authority may authorize temporary partial exemptions from the measures prescribed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article, under conditions and within limits determined after consultation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned.

4. By allowing partial exemptions from measures pursuant to paragraph 3 of this article, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary precautions are taken to protect the health of workers.

Article 4

The competent authority shall consult with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned regarding the measures to be taken to give effect to the provisions of this Convention.

Article 5

1. Compliance with the laws and regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention shall be ensured by a proper and appropriate system of inspection.

2. National laws or regulations shall provide for the necessary measures, including appropriate sanctions, to ensure effective compliance with and implementation of the provisions of this Convention.

Article 6

1. Entrepreneurs are responsible for implementing the prescribed measures.

2. In the case where two or more entrepreneurs simultaneously carry out their activities in the same work area, they cooperate in order to carry out the prescribed measures, without reducing the responsibility of each entrepreneur for the health and safety of workers employed by him. The competent authority shall prescribe, if necessary, general principles for such cooperation.

3. Employers, in cooperation with occupational safety and health services, after consultation with relevant workers' representatives, develop emergency procedures.

Article 7

Workers are required, within the scope of their responsibilities, to comply with occupational safety and health instructions regarding the prevention, control and protection from exposure to health hazards arising from working with asbestos.

Article 8

Employers and workers or their representatives shall cooperate as closely as possible at all levels of the undertaking in implementing the measures prescribed by this Convention.

SECTION III. Protective and preventive measures (Articles 9 - 19)

Article 9

National laws or regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention provide for the prevention of exposure to or protection from asbestos by one or more of the following measures:

a) establishing regulations for work in which exposure to asbestos may occur, prescribing appropriate engineering methods of protection and work practices, including workplace hygiene;

(b) the establishment of special rules and procedures, including the authorization of the use of asbestos or certain varieties of asbestos, or certain products containing asbestos, or the conduct of certain production processes.

Article 10

Where it is necessary to protect the health of workers and is technically feasible, national laws or regulations shall provide for one or more of the following measures:

a) the replacement of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos, where possible, with other materials or products, or alternative technological processes, which the competent authority considers, on the basis of scientific assessment, to be harmless or present less of a health hazard;

b) total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos, in certain industrial processes.

Article 11

1. The use of crocidolite and products containing this fiber is prohibited.

2. The competent authority shall have the power to authorize, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, partial derogations from the prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 of this article if replacement is not practicable, provided that measures are taken to ensure that the health of workers is not compromised threat.

Article 12

1. Spraying of all types of asbestos is prohibited.

2. The competent authority shall have the power to authorize, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, partial exceptions to the prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 of this article if the use of alternative methods is not practicable, provided that measures are taken to ensure that the health of workers was not compromised.

Article 13

National laws and regulations require that employers, in accordance with the procedure and to the extent determined by the competent authority, notify it of certain types of work involving exposure to asbestos.

Article 14

Establishments that mine and supply asbestos and those that manufacture and supply products containing it are responsible for properly labeling the container and, where appropriate, the product, which labeling shall, as prescribed by the competent authority, be in such a language and in a manner that the workers concerned and consumers easily understood it.

Article 15

1. The competent authority shall prescribe occupational exposure limits to asbestos or other exposure criteria for assessing the working environment.

2. Maximum permissible levels or other exposure criteria are established, periodically reviewed and updated in the light of technological progress and the expansion of scientific and technical knowledge.

3. In all workplaces where workers are exposed to asbestos, the employer shall take all appropriate measures to prevent or control the release of asbestos dust into the air and to ensure that exposure limits or other exposure criteria are met and to reduce exposure to levels as low as to the extent practicable.

4. If measures taken in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article do not lead to a reduction in exposure to asbestos to maximum permissible levels or do not meet other exposure criteria specified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this article, the entrepreneur provides, operates and replaces, if necessary, without costs on the part of workers, appropriate respiratory protective equipment and special protective clothing, depending on the circumstances. Respiratory protective equipment complies with the standards established by the competent authority and is used only as an additional, temporary, essential or exceptional measure and not as an alternative to technical control.

Article 16

Each entrepreneur is responsible for developing and implementing practical measures to prevent and control the effects of asbestos on its workers working at the enterprise, as well as to protect against harmful factors that arise when working with asbestos.

Article 17

1. The demolition of equipment or structures containing fragile asbestos-containing insulation materials, as well as the clearance of asbestos from buildings or structures where asbestos may become airborne, shall be carried out only by employers or contractors who are recognized by the competent authority as qualified to carry out such work in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and who have been authorized to carry out such work.

2. The employer or contractor must, before commencing demolition work, prepare a work plan specifying the measures to be taken, including measures aimed at:

a) providing workers with all necessary protection;

b) limiting the release of asbestos dust into the air; And

c) ensuring the disposal of asbestos-containing waste in accordance with Article 19 of this Convention.

3. Workers or their representatives shall be consulted regarding the work plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.

Article 18

1. In cases where workers' personal clothing may be contaminated with asbestos dust, the employer, in accordance with national laws or regulations and after consultation with workers' representatives, shall provide suitable work clothing which must not be worn outside the workplace.

2. Treatment and cleaning of used work and special protective clothing shall be carried out, as required by the competent authority, under controlled conditions in order to prevent the release of asbestos dust.

3. National laws or regulations prohibit the taking home of work and special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.

4. The entrepreneur is responsible for cleaning, maintaining in proper condition and storing work clothes, special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.

5. The employer shall, to the extent possible, provide workers exposed to asbestos with facilities for washing, bathing or showering in the work area.

Article 19

1. In accordance with national law and practice, employers shall dispose of asbestos-containing waste in a manner that does not jeopardize the health of the workers concerned, including those handling asbestos-containing waste, or the public living in the vicinity of the establishment.

2. Competent authorities and employers take appropriate measures to prevent environmental pollution by asbestos dust released as a result of the production process.

SECTION IV. Monitoring the working environment and workers' health (Articles 20 - 21)

Article 20

1. Where necessary to protect the health of workers, the employer shall measure the concentration of asbestos dust in the air of the work area and monitor workers' exposure to asbestos at intervals and using methods specified by the competent authority.

2. The results of monitoring the working environment and the exposure of workers to asbestos are kept for the period prescribed by the competent authority.

3. The workers concerned and their representatives, as well as the inspection services, have access to these data.

4. Workers or their representatives have the right to demand environmental monitoring and appeal to the competent authority in connection with the results of monitoring.

Article 21

1. Workers who are or have been exposed to asbestos shall, in accordance with national law and practice, undergo such medical examinations as are necessary to monitor their health in connection with exposure to this harmful occupational factor and to diagnose occupational diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.

2. Monitoring the health of workers in connection with the use of asbestos does not entail loss of earnings for them. It is free of charge and, where possible, carried out in work time.

3. Workers are duly and appropriately informed of the results of medical examinations and receive individual advice regarding their health status in connection with their work activities.

4. Where continued work involving exposure to asbestos is considered medically undesirable, all measures shall be taken, in accordance with national practice and conditions, to provide the workers concerned with other means of maintaining their income.

5. The competent authority shall develop a notification system for occupational diseases caused by asbestos.

SECTION V. Information and training (Article 22)

Article 22

1. The competent authority, after consultation and in cooperation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned, shall carry out appropriate activities with a view to promoting the dissemination of information and education of all relevant persons about the health hazards arising from contact with asbestos and about methods of their prevention and control. them.

2. The competent authority shall ensure that employers have in writing basic policies and procedures concerning arrangements for training and periodic instruction of workers on the hazards of asbestos, methods of prevention and control.

3. The employer shall ensure that all workers who are or may be exposed to asbestos are informed of the hazards associated with their work, receive instructions regarding preventive measures and correct work practices, and receive ongoing training in these areas.

SECTION VI. Final provisions (Articles 23 - 30)

Article 23

Formal instruments of ratification of this Convention shall be submitted to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration.

Article 24

1. This Convention is binding only on those members of the International Labor Organization whose instruments of ratification have been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the date of registration by the Director General of the instruments of ratification of two Members of the Organization.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member of the Organization twelve months after the date of registration of its instrument of ratification.

Article 25

1. Each Member which has ratified this Convention may, after the expiration of ten years from the date of its initial entry into force, denounce it by a declaration of denunciation addressed to and registered by the Director-General of the International Labor Office. The denunciation takes effect one year after the date of its registration.

2. For each Member of the Organization which has ratified this Convention and, within the period of one year following the expiration of the ten years specified in the previous paragraph, has not exercised the right of denunciation provided for in this article, the Convention shall remain in force for a further period of ten years, and thereafter it may denounce it by at the end of each decade in the manner provided for in this article.

Article 26

1. CEO The International Labor Office shall notify all members of the International Labor Organization of the registration of all instruments of ratification and denunciation submitted to it by members of the Organization.

2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second instrument of ratification received by them, the Director General draws their attention to the date of entry into force of this Convention.

Article 27

The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, complete particulars of all instruments of ratification and denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding articles.

Article 28

Whenever the Governing Body of the International Labor Office considers it necessary, it shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and shall consider the advisability of including on the agenda of the Conference the question of its complete or partial revision.

Article 29

1. If the Conference adopts a new convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, and unless the new convention otherwise provides, then:

a) the ratification by any Member of the Organization of a new revising Convention shall automatically entail, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25, the immediate denunciation of this Convention, provided that the new revising Convention has entered into force;

b) from the date of entry into force of the new, revising convention, this Convention is closed for ratification by members of the Organization.

2. This Convention shall remain in force in all cases in form and content for those Members of the Organization which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising convention.

Article 30

The English and French texts of this Convention are equally authentic.
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THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
CONVENTION No. 162
ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY WHEN USING ASBESTOS
(Geneva, June 24, 1986)
General Conference of the International Labor Organization,
Convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labor Office and meeting at its 72nd Session on 4 June 1986,
Noting the relevant international labor Conventions and Recommendations and in particular the Occupational Cancer Convention and Recommendation 1974, the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention and Recommendation 1977 and the Occupational Safety and Health Convention and Recommendation 1981 , the Occupational Health Services Convention and Recommendation, 1985, the 1980 revision of the list of occupational diseases annexed to the Occupational Injury Benefits Convention, 1964, and the Code of Practice for Safety at Work in the Use of Asbestos, published by the International Labor Office in 1984, which established the principles of national policy and action at the national level,
Having decided to adopt a number of proposals on labor protection when using asbestos, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session,
Having decided to give these proposals the form of an international convention,
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six the following Convention, which may be cited as the Asbestos Convention, 1986.
Section I. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1
1. This Convention covers all activities involving occupational exposure to asbestos.
2. A Member ratifying this Convention may, after consultation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned and on the basis of an assessment of the health hazards and the safety measures taken, exclude from the application of certain provisions of the Convention certain branches of economic activity or certain undertakings if it is satisfied that their application to these industries or enterprises is not necessary.
3. The competent authority, when deciding to exclude certain economic activities or individual undertakings, shall take into account the frequency, duration and level of exposure, as well as the type of work and working conditions at the workplace.
For the purposes of this Convention:
a) the term “asbestos” means a fibrous form of minerals from the silicate class, belonging to the mountain minerals of the serpentine group, i.e. chrysotile (white asbestos) and amphibole groups, i.e. actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite - grunerite), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), thermolite, or any other compounds containing one or more of these elements;
(b) the term “asbestos dust” means airborne particles of asbestos or settled particles of asbestos that may become airborne in a work environment;
(c) the term “airborne asbestos dust” means, for measurement purposes, dust particles measured by gravimetric or other equivalent method;
d) the term “respirable asbestos fibers” means asbestos fibers having a diameter of less than 3 µm and a fiber length to diameter ratio of more than 3:1. Only fibers longer than 5 µm are taken into account for measurement purposes;
(e) the term “asbestos exposure” means occupational exposure to airborne asbestos fibers or asbestos dust that originates from asbestos or minerals, materials or products containing asbestos;
f) the term "workers" includes members of producer cooperatives;
(g) the term "workers' representatives" means workers' representatives who are recognized as such by national law or practice in accordance with the Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971.
Section II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 3
1. National laws or regulations prescribe measures to be taken to prevent, control and protect workers from exposure to health hazards arising from asbestos work.
2. National laws and regulations developed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article shall be periodically reviewed in the light of technological progress and advances in scientific knowledge.
3. The competent authority may authorize temporary partial exemptions from the measures prescribed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article, under conditions and within limits determined after consultation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned.
4. By allowing partial exemptions from measures pursuant to paragraph 3 of this article, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary precautions are taken to protect the health of workers.
Article 4
The competent authority shall consult with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned regarding the measures to be taken to give effect to the provisions of this Convention.
Article 5
1. Compliance with the laws and regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention shall be ensured by a proper and appropriate system of inspection.
2. National laws or regulations shall provide for the necessary measures, including appropriate sanctions, to ensure effective compliance with and implementation of the provisions of this Convention.
Article 6
1 Entrepreneurs are responsible for implementing the prescribed measures.
2. In the case where two or more entrepreneurs simultaneously carry out their activities in the same work area, they cooperate in order to carry out the prescribed measures, without reducing the responsibility of each entrepreneur for the health and safety of workers employed by him. The competent authority shall prescribe, if necessary, general principles for such cooperation.
3. Employers, in cooperation with occupational safety and health services, after consultation with relevant workers' representatives, develop emergency procedures.
Article 7
Workers are required, within the scope of their responsibilities, to comply with occupational safety and health instructions regarding the prevention, control and protection from exposure to health hazards arising from working with asbestos.
Article 8
Employers and workers or their representatives shall cooperate as closely as possible at all levels of the undertaking in implementing the measures prescribed by this Convention.
Section III. PROTECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Article 9
National laws or regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention provide for the prevention of exposure to or protection from asbestos by one or more of the following measures:
a) establishing regulations for work in which exposure to asbestos may occur, prescribing appropriate engineering controls and work practices, including workplace hygiene;
(b) the establishment of special rules and procedures, including the authorization of the use of asbestos or certain varieties of asbestos, or certain products containing asbestos, or the conduct of certain production processes.
Article 10
Where it is necessary to protect the health of workers and is technically feasible, national laws or regulations shall provide for one or more of the following measures:
(a) the replacement of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos, where possible, with other materials or products, or alternative technological processes, which the competent authority considers, on the basis of scientific assessment, to be harmless or present less of a health hazard;
b) total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos, in certain industrial processes.
Article 11
1. The use of crocidolite and products containing this fiber is prohibited.
2. The competent authority shall have the power to authorize, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, partial derogations from the prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 of this article if replacement is not practicable, provided that measures are taken to ensure that the health of workers is not compromised threat.
Article 12
1. Spraying of all types of asbestos is prohibited.
2. The competent authority shall have the power to authorize, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, partial exceptions to the prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 of this article if the use of alternative methods is not practicable, provided that measures are taken to ensure that the health of workers was not compromised.
Article 13
National laws and regulations require that employers, in accordance with the procedure and to the extent determined by the competent authority, notify it of certain types of work involving exposure to asbestos.
Article 14
Establishments that mine and supply asbestos and those that manufacture and supply products containing it are responsible for properly labeling the container and, where appropriate, the product, which labeling shall, as prescribed by the competent authority, be in such a language and in a manner that the workers concerned and consumers easily understood it.
Article 15
1. The competent authority shall prescribe occupational exposure limits to asbestos or other exposure criteria for assessing the working environment.
2. Maximum permissible levels or other exposure criteria are established, periodically reviewed and updated in the light of technological progress and the expansion of scientific and technical knowledge.
3. In all workplaces where workers are exposed to asbestos, the employer shall take all appropriate measures to prevent or control the release of asbestos dust into the air and to ensure that exposure limits or other exposure criteria are met and to reduce exposure to levels as low as to the extent practicable.
4. If measures taken in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article do not lead to a reduction in exposure to asbestos to maximum permissible levels or do not meet other exposure criteria specified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this article, the entrepreneur provides, operates and replaces, if necessary, without costs on the part of workers, appropriate respiratory protective equipment and special protective clothing, depending on the circumstances. Respiratory protective equipment complies with the standards established by the competent authority and is used only as an additional, temporary, essential or exceptional measure and not as an alternative to technical control.
Article 16
Each entrepreneur is responsible for developing and implementing practical measures to prevent and control the effects of asbestos on its workers working at the enterprise, as well as for protection from harmful factors that arise when working with asbestos.
Article 17
1. The demolition of equipment or structures containing fragile asbestos-containing insulation materials, as well as the removal of asbestos from buildings or structures where asbestos may become airborne, shall be carried out only by employers or contractors who are recognized by the competent authority as qualified to carry out such work in accordance with provisions of this Convention and who have been authorized to carry out such work.
2. The employer or contractor must, before commencing demolition work, prepare a work plan specifying the measures to be taken, including measures aimed at:
a) providing workers with all necessary protection;
b) limiting the release of asbestos dust into the air; And
c) ensuring the disposal of asbestos-containing waste in accordance with Article 19 of this Convention.
3. Workers or their representatives shall be consulted regarding the work plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.
Article 18
1. In cases where workers' personal clothing may be contaminated with asbestos dust, the employer, in accordance with national laws or regulations and after consultation with workers' representatives, shall provide suitable work clothing which must not be worn outside the workplace.
2. Treatment and cleaning of used work and special protective clothing shall be carried out, as required by the competent authority, under controlled conditions in order to prevent the release of asbestos dust.
3. National laws or regulations prohibit the taking home of work and special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.
4. The entrepreneur is responsible for cleaning, maintaining in proper condition and storing work clothes, special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.
5. The employer shall, to the extent possible, provide workers exposed to asbestos with facilities for washing, bathing or showering in the work area.
Article 19
1. In accordance with national law and practice, employers shall dispose of asbestos-containing waste in a manner that does not jeopardize the health of the workers concerned, including those handling asbestos-containing waste, or the public living in the vicinity of the establishment.
2. Competent authorities and employers take appropriate measures to prevent environmental pollution by asbestos dust released as a result of the production process.
Section IV. PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
AND OVER THE HEALTH OF WORKERS
Article 20
1. Where necessary to protect the health of workers, the employer shall measure the concentration of asbestos dust in the air of the work area and monitor workers' exposure to asbestos at intervals and using methods specified by the competent authority.
2. The results of monitoring the working environment and the exposure of workers to asbestos are kept for the period prescribed by the competent authority.
3. The workers concerned and their representatives, as well as the inspection services, have access to these data.
4. Workers or their representatives have the right to demand environmental monitoring and appeal to the competent authority in connection with the results of monitoring.
Article 21
1. Workers who are or have been exposed to asbestos shall, in accordance with national law and practice, undergo such medical examinations as are necessary to monitor their health in connection with exposure to this harmful occupational factor and to diagnose occupational diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.
2. Monitoring the health of workers in connection with the use of asbestos does not entail loss of earnings for them. It is free of charge and, whenever possible, carried out during business hours.
3. Workers are duly and appropriately informed of the results of medical examinations and receive individual advice regarding their health status in connection with their work activities.
4. Where continued work involving exposure to asbestos is considered medically undesirable, all measures shall be taken, in accordance with national practice and conditions, to provide the workers concerned with other means of maintaining their income.
5. The competent authority shall develop a notification system for occupational diseases caused by asbestos.
Section V. INFORMATION AND TRAINING
Article 22
1 The competent authority, after consultation and in cooperation with the most representative employers' and workers' organizations concerned, shall carry out appropriate activities to promote the dissemination of information and to educate all relevant persons about the hazards to health arising from contact with asbestos and about methods of their prevention and control. .
2. The competent authority shall ensure that employers have in writing basic policies and procedures concerning arrangements for training and periodic instruction of workers on the hazards of asbestos, methods of prevention and control.
3. The employer shall ensure that all workers who are or may be exposed to asbestos are informed of the hazards associated with their work, receive instructions regarding preventive measures and correct work practices, and receive ongoing training in these areas.
Section VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 23
Formal instruments of ratification of this Convention shall be submitted to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration.
Article 24
1. This Convention is binding only on those members of the International Labor Organization whose instruments of ratification have been registered by the Director General.
2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the date of registration by the Director General of the instruments of ratification of two Members of the Organization.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member of the Organization twelve months after the date of registration of its instrument of ratification.
Article 25
1. Each Member which has ratified this Convention may, after the expiration of ten years from the date of its initial entry into force, denounce it by a declaration of denunciation addressed to and registered by the Director-General of the International Labor Office. The denunciation takes effect one year after the date of its registration.
2. For each Member of the Organization which has ratified this Convention and, within the period of one year following the expiration of the ten years specified in the previous paragraph, has not exercised the right of denunciation provided for in this article, the Convention shall remain in force for a further period of ten years, and thereafter it may denounce it by at the end of each decade in the manner provided for in this article.
Article 26
1. The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall notify all members of the International Labor Organization of the registration of all instruments of ratification and denunciation addressed to him by members of the Organization.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second instrument of ratification received by them, the Director General draws their attention to the date of entry into force of this Convention.
Article 27
The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, complete particulars of all instruments of ratification and denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding articles.
Article 28
Whenever the Governing Body of the International Labor Office considers it necessary, it shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and shall consider the advisability of including on the agenda of the Conference the question of its complete or partial revision.
Article 29
1. If the Conference adopts a new convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, and unless the new convention otherwise provides, then:
(a) the ratification by any Member of the Organization of a new revising Convention shall automatically entail, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25, the immediate denunciation of this Convention, provided that the new revising Convention has entered into force;
b) from the date of entry into force of the new, revising convention, this Convention is closed for ratification by members of the Organization.
2. This Convention shall remain in force in all cases in form and content for those Members of the Organization which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising convention.
Article 30
The English and French texts of this Convention are equally authentic.

CONVENTION No. 162
CONCERNING SAFETY IN THE USE OF ASBESTOS
(Geneva, 24.VI.1986)
The General Conference of the International Labor Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labor Office, and having met in its Seventy-second Session on 4 June 1986, and
Noting the relevant international labor Conventions and Recommendations, and in particular the Occupational Cancer Convention and Recommendation, 1974, the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention and Recommendation, 1977, the Occupational Safety and Health Convention and Recommendation, 1981, the Occupational Health Services Convention and Recommendation, 1985, the list of occupational diseases as revised in 1980 appended to the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964, as well as the Code of practice on safety in the use of asbestos, published by the International Labor Office in 1984, which establish the principles of national policy and action at the national level,
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to safety in the use of asbestos, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention;
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six, the following Convention, which may be cited as the Asbestos Convention, 1986:
Part I. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1
1. This Convention applies to all activities involving exposure of workers to asbestos in the course of work.
2. A Member ratifying this Convention may, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, and on the basis of an assessment of the health hazards involved and the safety measures applied, exclude particular branches of economic activity or particular undertakings from the application of certain provisions of the Convention when it is satisfied that their application to these branches or undertakings is unnecessary.
3. The competent authority, when deciding on the exclusion of particular branches of economic activity or particular undertakings, shall take into account the frequency, duration and level of exposure, as well as the type of work and the conditions at the workplace.
Article 2
For the purpose of this Convention -
(a) the term "asbestos" means the fibrous form of mineral silicates belonging to rock-forming minerals of the serpentine group, i.e. chrysotile (white asbestos), and of the amphibole group, i.e. actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite, or any mixture containing one or more of these;
(b) the term "asbestos dust" means airborne particles of asbestos or settled particles of asbestos which are liable to become airborne in the working environment;
(c) the term "airborne asbestos dust" means, for purposes of measurement, dust particles measured by gravimetric assessment or other equivalent method;
(d) the term "respirable asbestos fibers" means asbestos
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fibers having a diameter of less than 3 x 10 m and a
length-to-diameter ratio greater than 3:1. Only fibers of a length
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greater than 5 x 10 m shall be taken into account for purposes
of measurement;
(e) the term "exposure to asbestos" means exposure at work to airborne respirable asbestos fibers or asbestos dust, whether originating from asbestos or from minerals, materials or products containing asbestos;
(f) the term "workers" includes the members of production co-operatives;
(g) the term "workers" representatives" means the workers" representatives recognized as such by national law or practice, in conformity with the Workers" Representatives Convention, 1971.
Part II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 3
1. National laws or regulations shall prescribe the measures to be taken for the prevention and control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos.
2. National laws and regulations drawn up in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be periodically reviewed in the light of technical progress and advances in scientific knowledge.
3. The competent authority may permit temporary derogations from the measures prescribed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, under conditions and within limits of time to be determined after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned.
4. In granting derogations in pursuance of paragraph 3 of this Article, the competent authority shall ensure that the necessary precautions are taken to protect the workers' health.
Article 4
The competent authority shall consult the most organization representatives of employers and workers concerned on the measures to be taken to give effect to the provisions of this Convention.
Article 5
1. The enforcement of the laws and regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention shall be secured by an adequate and appropriate system of inspection.
2. National laws or regulations shall provide for the necessary measures, including appropriate penalties, to ensure effective enforcement of and compliance with the provisions of this Convention.
Article 6
1. Employers shall be made responsible for compliance with the prescribed measures.
2. Whenever two or more employers undertake activities simultaneously at one workplace, they shall co-operate in order to comply with the prescribed measures, without prejudice to the responsibility of each employer for the health and safety of the workers he employs. The competent authority shall prescribe the general procedures of this co-operation when it is necessary.
3. Employers shall, in co-operation with the occupational safety and health services, and after consultation with the workers" representatives concerned, prepare procedures for dealing with emergency situations.
Article 7
Workers shall be required within the limits of their responsibility, to comply with prescribed safety and hygiene procedures relating to the prevention and control of, and protection against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos.
Article 8
Employers and workers or their representatives shall co-operate as closely as possible at all levels in the undertaking in the application of the measures prescribed pursuant to this Convention.
Part III. PROTECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Article 9
The national laws or regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention shall provide that exposure to asbestos shall be prevented or controlled by one or more of the following measures:
(a) making work in which exposure to asbestos may occur is subject to regulations prescribing adequate engineering controls and work practices, including workplace hygiene;
(b) prescribing special rules and procedures, including authorisation, for the use of asbestos or of certain types of asbestos or products containing asbestos or for certain work processes.
Article 10
Where necessary to protect the health of workers and technically practicable, national laws or regulations shall provide for one or more of the following measures -
(a) replacement of asbestos or of certain types of asbestos or products containing asbestos by other materials or products or the use of alternative technology, scientifically evaluated by the competent authority as harmless or less harmful, whenever this is possible;
(b) total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos or of certain types of asbestos or products containing asbestos in certain work processes.
Article 11
1. The use of crocidolite and products containing this fiber shall be prohibited.
2. The competent authority shall be empowered, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, to permit derogations from the prohibition contained in paragraph 1 of this Article when replacement is not reasonably practicable, provided that steps are taken to ensure that the health of workers is not placed at risk.
Article 12
1. Spraying of all forms of asbestos shall be prohibited.
2. The competent authority shall be empowered, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, to permit derogations from the prohibition contained in paragraph 1 of this Article when alternative methods are not reasonably practicable, provided that steps are taken to ensure that the health of workers is not placed at risk.
Article 13
National laws and regulations shall provide that employers shall notify to the competent authority, in a manner and to the extent prescribed by it, certain types of work involving exposure to asbestos.
Article 14
Producers and suppliers of asbestos and manufacturers and suppliers of products containing asbestos shall be made responsible for adequate labeling of the container and, where appropriate, the products, in a language and manner easily understood by the workers and the users concerned, as prescribed by the competent authority.
Article 15
1. The competent authority shall prescribe limits for the exposure of workers to asbestos or other exposure criteria for the evaluation of the working environment.
2. The exposure limits or other exposure criteria shall be fixed and periodically reviewed and updated in the light of technological progress and advances in technological and scientific knowledge.
3. In all workplaces where workers are exposed to asbestos, the employer shall take all appropriate measures to prevent or control the release of asbestos dust into the air, to ensure that the exposure limits or other exposure criteria are complied with and also to reduce exposure to as low a level as is reasonably practical.
4. When the measures taken in pursuance of paragraph 3 of this Article do not bring exposure to asbestos within the exposure limits or do not comply with the other exposure criteria specified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this Article, the employer shall provide, maintain and replace, as necessary, at no cost to the workers, adequate respiratory protective equipment and special protective clothing as appropriate. Respiratory protective equipment shall comply with standards set by the competent authority, and be used only as a supplementary, temporary, emergency or exceptional measure and not as an alternative to technical control.
Article 16
Each employer shall be made responsible for the establishment and implementation of practical measures for the prevention and control of the exposure of the workers he employs to asbestos and for their protection against the hazards due to asbestos.
Article 17
1. Demolition of plants or structures containing friable asbestos insulation materials, and removal of asbestos from buildings or structures in which asbestos is liable to become airborne, shall be undertaken only by employers or contractors who are recognized by the competent authority as qualified to carry out such work in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and who have been empowered to undertake such work.
2. The employer or contractor shall be required before starting demolition work to draw up a work plan specifying the measures to be taken, including measures to -
(a) provide all necessary protection to the workers;
(b) limit the release of asbestos dust into the air; and
(c) provide for the disposal of waste containing asbestos in accordance with Article 19 of this Convention.
3. The workers or their representatives shall be consulted on the work plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Article 18
1. Where workers" personal clothing may become contaminated with asbestos dust, the employer, in accordance with national laws or regulations and in consultation with the workers" representatives, shall provide appropriate work clothing, which shall not be worn outside the workplace.
2. The handling and cleaning of used work clothing and special protective clothing shall be carried out under controlled conditions, as required by the competent authority, to prevent the release of asbestos dust.
3. National laws or regulations shall prohibit the taking home of work clothing and special protective clothing and of personal protective equipment.
4. The employer shall be responsible for the cleaning, maintenance and storage of work clothing, special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.
5. The employer shall provide facilities for workers exposed to asbestos to wash, take a bath or shower at the workplace, as appropriate.
Article 19
1. In accordance with national law and practice, employers shall dispose of waste containing asbestos in a manner that does not pose a health risk to the workers concerned, including those handling asbestos waste, or to the population in the vicinity of the enterprise.
2. Appropriate measures shall be taken by the competent authority and by employers to prevent pollution of the general environment by asbestos dust released from the workplace.
Part IV. SURVEILLANCE OF THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
AND WORKERS" HEALTH
Article 20
1. Where it is necessary for the protection of the health of workers, the employer shall measure the concentrations of airborne asbestos dust in workplaces, and shall monitor the exposure of workers to asbestos at intervals and using methods specified by the competent authority.
2. The records of the monitoring of the working environment and of the exposure of workers to asbestos shall be kept for a period prescribed by the competent authority.
3. The workers concerned, their representatives and the inspection services shall have access to these records.
4. The workers or their representatives shall have the right to request the monitoring of the working environment and to appeal to the competent authority concerning the results of the monitoring.
Article 21
1. Workers who are or have been exposed to asbestos shall be provided, in accordance with national law and practice, with such medical examinations as are necessary to supervise their health in relation to the occupational hazard, and to diagnose occupational diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.
2. The monitoring of workers" health in connection with the use of asbestos shall not result in any loss of earnings for them. It shall be free of charge and, as far as possible, shall take place during working hours.
3. Workers shall be informed in an adequate and appropriate manner of the results of their medical examinations and receive individual advice concerning their health in relation to their work.
4. When continued assignment to work involving exposure to asbestos is found to be medically inadvisable, every effort shall be made, consistent with national conditions and practice, to provide the workers concerned with other means of maintaining their income.
5. The competent authority shall develop a system of notification of occupational diseases caused by asbestos.
Part V. INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
Article 22
1. The competent authority shall make appropriate arrangements, in consultation and collaboration with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, to promote the dissemination of information and the education of all concerned with regard to health hazards due to exposure to asbestos and to methods of prevention and control.
2. The competent authority shall ensure that employers have established written policies and procedures on measures for the education and periodic training of workers on asbestos hazards and methods of prevention and control.
3. The employer shall ensure that all workers exposed or likely to be exposed to asbestos are informed about the health hazards related to their work, instructed in preventive measures and correct work practices and receive continuing training in these fields.
Part VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 23
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration.
Article 24
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labor Organization whose ratifications have been registered with the Director-General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been registered with the Director-General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.
Article 25
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not, within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this Article, will be bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 26
1. The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall notify all Members of the International Labor Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the Organization.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organization to the date upon which the Convention will come into force.
Article 27
The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Articles.
Article 28
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labor Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
Article 29
1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides -
(a) the ratification by a Member of the revising Convention shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force;
(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.
Article 30
The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally authoritative.

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Asbestos is a natural fibrous material widely distributed in the environment and known since ancient times. Belongs to the groups of serpentine and amphibole minerals. The serpentine group includes chrysotile (white asbestos), amphibole - actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite. The carcinogenicity of all types of asbestos for humans has been proven (IARC experts classify asbestos as a group 1 carcinogen and is included in GN 1.1.725-98), however, the degree of carcinogenic hazard of the listed types of asbestos varies significantly. The least active is chrysotile, the most dangerous is crocidolite (not without reason, Article 11, paragraph 1 of Convention 162 prohibits the use of crocidolite and products containing it). Russia is the world's main producer of chrysotile asbestos and its major consumer.

ILO Convention 162 on Safety and Health in the Use of Asbestos

(The Convention was ratified by the Russian Federation on September 4, 2000, Federal Law of April 8, 2000 No. 50-FZ)

The General Conference of the International Labor Organization, convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labor Office and meeting at its 72nd Session on 4 June 1986, Noting the relevant international labor Conventions and Recommendations and in particular the Occupational Cancer Convention and Recommendation, 1974, Occupational Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention and Recommendation 1977, Occupational Safety and Health Convention and Recommendation 1981, Occupational Health Services Convention and Recommendation 1985, 1980 Revised List of Occupational Diseases annexed to the 1964 Convention year on benefits in cases of occupational injuries, as well as the Code of Practice on Occupational Safety and Health in the Use of Asbestos, published by the International Labor Office in 1984, which set out the principles of national policy and action at the national level, deciding to adopt a number of proposals on occupational safety and health in the use of asbestos. the use of asbestos, being the fourth item on the agenda of the session, Having decided to give these proposals the form of an international convention, adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six the following Convention, which may be cited as the Asbestos Convention, 1986.

Section I. Scope and Definitions

Article 1

1. This Convention covers all activities where workers are exposed to asbestos at work.

2. A Member State ratifying this Convention may, after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned and on the basis of an assessment of the health hazards and safety measures taken, exclude from the application of certain provisions of the Convention certain branches of economic activity or certain enterprises if it I am convinced that there is no need for their application to these industries or enterprises.

Article 2

In relation to this Convention:

a) the term “asbestos” means a fibrous form of minerals from the silicate class, belonging to the mountain minerals of the serpentine group, i.e. chrysotile (white asbestos) and amphibole groups, i.e. actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite, or any other compounds containing one or more of these elements;

(b) the term “asbestos dust” means airborne particles of asbestos or settled particles of asbestos that may become airborne in a work environment;

(c) the term “airborne asbestos dust” means, for measurement purposes, dust particles measured by gravimetric or other equivalent method;

(e) the term “asbestos exposure” means occupational exposure to airborne asbestos fibers or asbestos dust that originates from asbestos or minerals, materials or products containing asbestos;

f) the term "workers" includes members of producer cooperatives;

(g) the term "workers' representatives" means workers' representatives who are recognized as such by national law or practice in accordance with the Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971.

Section II. General principles

Article 3

1. National laws or regulations prescribe the measures that should be taken to prevent, control and protect workers from exposure to health hazards arising from asbestos work.

2. National laws and regulations developed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article shall be periodically reviewed in the light of technological progress and advances in scientific knowledge.

3. The competent authority may authorize temporary partial exemptions from the measures prescribed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article, under conditions and within periods determined after consultation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned.

4. By allowing partial exemptions from measures pursuant to paragraph 3 of this article, the competent authority ensures that the necessary precautions are taken to protect the health of workers.

Article 4

Article 5

1. Compliance with the laws and regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention shall be ensured by a proper and appropriate system of inspection.

2. National laws or regulations shall provide for the necessary measures, including appropriate sanctions, to ensure effective compliance with and implementation of the provisions of this Convention.

Article 6

1. Employers are responsible for implementing the prescribed measures.

2. In the case where two or more employers simultaneously operate in the same work area, they cooperate in order to implement the prescribed measures, without reducing the responsibility of each employer for the health and safety of its employees. The competent authority shall prescribe, if necessary, general principles for such cooperation.

3. Employers, in cooperation with occupational safety and health services, after consultation with relevant employee representatives, develop emergency procedures.

Article 7

Workers are required, within the scope of their responsibility, to comply with occupational safety and health instructions regarding the prevention, control and protection from exposure to health hazards arising from working with asbestos.

Article 8

Employers and workers or their representatives shall cooperate as closely as possible at all levels in the undertaking in implementing the measures prescribed by this Convention.

Section III. Protective and preventive measures

Article 9

National laws or regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention provide for the prevention of or protection from exposure to asbestos by one or more of the following measures:

a) establishing rules for work in which exposure to asbestos may occur, prescribing appropriate technical protective measures and work practices, including workplace hygiene;

Article 10

Where it is necessary to protect the health of workers and is technically feasible, national laws or regulations provide for one or more of the following measures:

(a) the replacement of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos, where possible, with other materials or products, or alternative technological processes, which, in the opinion of the competent authority, based on scientific assessment, are considered to be harmless or present less of a health hazard;

b) total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos or certain varieties thereof, or products containing asbestos in certain industrial processes.

Article 11

1. The use of crocidolite and products containing this fiber is prohibited.

Article 12

1. Spraying of all types of asbestos is prohibited.

Article 13

National laws and regulations require employers to notify the competent authority of certain types of work involving exposure to asbestos, in accordance with the procedures and to the extent determined by the competent authority.

Article 14

Establishments that mine and supply asbestos and those that manufacture and supply products containing it are responsible for properly labeling containers and, where appropriate, products, which labeling must, as prescribed by the competent authority, be in such a language and manner that the workers concerned and consumers easily understood it.

Article 15

1. The competent authority shall prescribe worker exposure limits to asbestos or other exposure criteria for assessing the work environment.

4. If measures taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article do not reduce exposure to asbestos to maximum permissible levels or do not meet other exposure criteria established pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article, the employer shall provide, operate and replace, if necessary, without costs on the part of workers, appropriate respiratory protective devices and special protective clothing, as appropriate. Respiratory protective devices comply with the standards established by the competent authority and are used only as an additional, temporary, emergency or exceptional measure and not as an alternative to technical controls.

Article 16

Each employer is responsible for developing and implementing practical measures to prevent and control exposure to asbestos for employees employed at its enterprise, as well as to protect against harmful factors arising from working with asbestos.

Article 17

1. The demolition of equipment or structures containing fragile asbestos-containing insulation materials, and the clearance of asbestos from buildings or structures where asbestos may become airborne, shall be carried out only by employers or contractors who are recognized by the competent authority as qualified to carry out such work in accordance with provisions of this Convention and who have been authorized to carry out such work.

2. The employer or contractor must, before commencing demolition work, prepare a work plan specifying the measures to be taken, including measures aimed at:

a) providing workers with all necessary protection;

b) limiting the release of asbestos dust into the air; And

c) ensuring the disposal of asbestos-containing waste in accordance with Article 19 of this Convention.

3. Consultations are held with employees or their representatives regarding the work the plan specified in paragraph 2 of this article.

Article 18

1. In cases where workers' personal clothing may be contaminated with asbestos dust, the employer, in accordance with national laws or regulations and after consultation with workers' representatives, shall provide appropriate work clothing that must not be worn outside the workplace.

3. National legislation or regulations prohibit taking home work and special protective clothing and personal protective equipment,

4. The employer is responsible for cleaning, maintaining and storing work clothing, special protective clothing and personal protective equipment.

5. The employer provides employees exposed to asbestos with adequate facilities for washing, bathing or showering in the workplace.

Article 19

1. In accordance with national law and practice, employers shall dispose of asbestos-containing waste in a manner that does not jeopardize the health of the workers concerned, including those handling asbestos-containing waste or the public living in the vicinity of the establishment.

2. The competent authority and employers shall take appropriate measures to prevent pollution of the environment by asbestos dust released as a result of the production process.

Section IV. Monitoring your production environment
and the health status of workers

Article 20

2. The results of monitoring the working environment and the exposure of workers to asbestos are stored for the period prescribed by the competent authority.

3. Relevant employees and their representatives, as well as inspection services, have access to this data.

4. Workers or their representatives have the right to demand monitoring of the working environment and contact the competent authority in connection with the results of monitoring.

Article 21

1. Workers who are or have been exposed to asbestos, in accordance with national legislation and practice, shall undergo such medical examinations as are necessary to monitor their health in connection with exposure to this harmful occupational factor and to diagnose occupational diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.

2. Monitoring the health status of workers in connection with the use of asbestos does not entail loss of earnings for them. It is free of charge and, whenever possible, carried out during business hours.

3. Employees are duly and appropriately informed of the results of medical examinations and receive individual advice regarding their health status in connection with their work activities.

4. If continued work involving exposure to asbestos is considered medically undesirable, all measures shall be taken, in accordance with national practice and conditions, to provide the workers concerned with other means of maintaining their income.

5. The competent authority shall develop a notification system for occupational diseases caused by asbestos.

Section V. Information and training

Article 22

1. The competent authority, after consultation and in cooperation with the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, shall carry out appropriate activities with a view to promoting the dissemination of information and educating all relevant persons about the health hazards arising from contact with asbestos and about methods of their prevention and control. them

2. The competent authority shall ensure that employers have written guidelines and procedures regarding arrangements for training and periodic instruction of workers regarding the hazards of asbestos, its prevention and control.

3. The employer shall ensure that all employees who are or may be exposed to asbestos are informed of the hazards associated with their work, receive instructions regarding preventive measures and proper work practices, and receive training in these matters on an ongoing basis.

Section VI. Final provisions

Article 23

Official instruments of ratification of this Convention shall be sent to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration.

Article 24

1. This Convention binds only those member States of the International Labor Organization whose instruments of ratification have been registered by the Director General.

2. It comes into force 12 months after the date of registration by the Director General of the instruments of ratification of two member states of the Organization.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member State Organization 12 months after the date of registration of its instrument of ratification.

Article 25

1. Each Member of the Organization which has ratified this Convention may, after the expiration of ten years from the date of its initial entry into force, denounce it by an act of denunciation addressed to the Director-General of the International Labor Office for registration. The denunciation takes effect one year after the date of registration of the act of denunciation.

2. For each Member State of the Organization which has ratified this Convention and, within the period of one year following the expiration of the ten years specified in the previous paragraph, has not exercised the right of denunciation provided for in this article, the Convention shall remain in force for a further period of ten years, and thereafter it may denounce it after each decade in the manner provided for in this article.

Article 26

1. The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall notify all Member States of the International Labor Organization of the registration of all instruments of ratification and denunciation transmitted to him by Member States of the Organization.

2. When notifying Member States of the Organization of the registration of the second instrument of ratification received by him, the Director General shall draw their attention to the date of entry into force of this Convention.

Article 27

The Director-General of the International Labor Office shall transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, complete particulars of all instruments of ratification and acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding articles.

Article 28

Article 29

1. If the Conference adopts a new convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, and unless the new convention otherwise provides, then:

a) the ratification by any Member State of the Organization of a new revising Convention shall automatically entail, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25, the immediate denunciation of this Convention, provided that the new revising Convention has entered into force;

b) from the date of entry into force of the new, revising convention, this Convention is closed for ratification by the Member States of the Organization.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in form and content for those Member States of the Organization which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising convention.

Article 30

The English and French texts of this Convention are equally authentic.

Convention No. 11 on the Right to Organize and Association of Workers in agriculture"(1921).

Convention No. 13 “On the use of white lead in painting” (1921).

Convention No. 14 “On weekly rest in industrial undertakings” (1921).

Convention No. 16 Concerning the Compulsory Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons Employed on Board Ships (1921).

Convention No. 23 on the Repatriation of Seamen (1926).

Convention No. 27 “On the Indication of the Weight of Heavy Goods Carried on Ships” (1929).

Convention No. 29 on Forced or Compulsory Labor (1930).

Convention No. 32 concerning the protection against accidents of workers engaged in loading or unloading ships (1932).

Convention No. 42 concerning Workers' Compensation in Case of Occupational Diseases (1934).

Convention No. 45 “On the Employment of Women in Underground Work in Mines” (1935).

Convention No. 47 “On the reduction of working hours to forty hours a week” (1935).

Convention No. 52 “On annual holidays with pay” (1936).

Convention No. 69 “On the issuance of certificates of competency to ships' cooks” (1946).

Convention No. 73 on the Medical Examination of Seafarers (1946).

Convention No. 77 “On the Medical Examination of Children and Adolescents for the Purpose of Determining Their Fitness for Work in Industry” (1946).

Convention No. 78 “On the Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons with a Purpose of Determining Their Fitness for Non-Industrial Work” (1946).

Convention No. 79 “On the Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons with a Purpose of Determining Their Fitness for Work” (1946).

Convention No. 81 on Labor Inspection in Industry and Commerce (1947).

Protocol to the Convention No. 81 (1995).

Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Rights to Organize (1948).

Convention No. 90 concerning night work by adolescents in industry (revised 1949).

Convention No. 92 on Accommodation for Crews on Board Ships (revised 1949).

Convention No. 95 “On the Protection wages"(1949).

Convention No. 98 on the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and to Collective Bargaining (1949).

Convention No. 100 “Concerning equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value” (1951).

Convention No. 102 on Minimum Standards of Social Security (1952).

Maternity Protection Convention No. 103 (1952).

Convention No. 105 “Abolition of Forced Labor” (1957).

Convention No. 106 “On Weekly Rest in Commerce and Establishments” (1957).

Convention No. 108 “National Identity Document for Seafarers” (1958).

Convention No. 113 on the Medical Examination of Seafarers (1959).

Convention No. 115 “On the Protection of Workers from Ionizing Radiation” (1960).

Convention No. 116 “On the Partial Revision of Conventions” (1961).

Convention No. 117 “On the Basic Norms and Objectives of Social Policy” (1962).

Convention No. 119 “On the provision of protective devices for machinery” (1963).

Convention No. 120 on Hygiene in Commerce and Establishments (1964).

Employment Policy Convention No. 122 (1964).

Convention No. 124 “On the Medical Examination of Young Persons for the Purpose of Determining Their Fitness for Work in Underground Work in Mines and Mines” (1965).

Convention No. 126 on Crew Accommodation on Board Fishing Vessels (1966).

Convention No. 131 concerning the Establishment of Minimum Wages, with Special Consideration to Developing Countries (1970).

Convention No. 133 on Crew Accommodation on Board Ships. Additional Provisions (1970).

Convention No. 134 on the Prevention of Occupational Accidents among Seafarers (1970).

Convention No. 140 on Paid Educational Leave (1974).

Convention No. 142 on Vocational Guidance and Training in Human Resources Development (1975).

Convention No. 148 “On the protection of workers against occupational hazards caused by air pollution, noise and vibration at work” (1977).

Convention No. 149 “On the employment and working and living conditions of nursing personnel” (1977).

Labor Administration Convention No. 150 (1978).

Convention No. 154 on the Promotion of Collective Bargaining (1981).

Occupational Safety and Health Convention No. 155 (1981).

Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention No. 156 (1981).

Convention No. 157 “On the Establishment international system preservation of rights in the field of social security" (1982).

Convention No. 158 “On termination of employment by the employer” (1982).

Convention No. 159 “On Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities” (1983).

Convention No. 160 on Labor Statistics (1985).

Convention No. 162 “On occupational safety and health in the use of asbestos” (1986).

Convention No. 166 on the Repatriation of Seafarers (1987).

Convention No. 168 on the Promotion of Employment and Protection against Unemployment (1988).

Convention No. 173 “For the Protection of Workers' Claims in the Event of Insolvency of the Employer” (1992).

Convention No. 174 on the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents (1993).

Convention No. 175 on Part-Time Work (1994).

Convention No. 178 “On the inspection of working and living conditions of seafarers” (1996).

Convention No. 179 Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers (1996).

Convention No. 181 on Private Employment Agencies (1997).

The ongoing process of ratification of ILO Conventions is of fundamental importance for the formation of labor legislation that meets international standards. Russia is characterized by an accelerated process of formation of new social and labor relations and the creation of appropriate labor legislation (in Western European countries, labor legislation was created over several decades).

As part of the implementation of the General Agreement between all-Russian associations of trade unions, all-Russian associations of employers and the Government of the Russian Federation for 2006-2009. It is proposed to ratify the following conventions.

No. 42 “On compensation to workers in case of occupational diseases” (1934).

No. 97 “On migrant workers” (1949).

No. 102 “On minimum standards of social security” (1952).

No. 117 “On the main goals and norms of social policy” (1962).

No. 131 “On the establishment of minimum wages with special regard to developing countries” (1970).

No. 140 “On paid educational leaves” (1974).

No. 143 “On abuses in the field of migration and on ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for migrant workers” (1975).

No. 154 “On the promotion of collective bargaining” (1981).

No. 157 “On the establishment of an international system for the preservation of rights in the field of social security” (1982).

No. 158 “On termination of labor relations at the initiative of the entrepreneur” (1982).

No. 166 “On the repatriation of sailors” (1987).

No. 168 “On the promotion of employment and protection against unemployment” (1988).

No. 173 “On the protection of workers’ claims in the event of insolvency of an entrepreneur” (1992).

No. 174 “On the prevention of major industrial accidents” (1993).

No. 175 “On part-time work” (1994).

No. 178 “On inspection of working and living conditions of seafarers” (1996).

No. 184 “On occupational safety and health in agriculture” (2001).

The General Conference of the International Labor Organization, convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labor Office and meeting at its sixty-sixth session on 4 June 1980, recalling that the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention and Recommendation, 1958, does not mention age among its grounds discrimination, but provide for the possibility of expanding the list of these motives, recalling special provisions on older workers, the Employment Policy Recommendation, 1964 and the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975, recalling the provisions of existing instruments on the subject of social security for older workers, in particular the provisions of the Invalidity, Old Age and Casualty Benefits Convention and Recommendation, 1967 survivors, recalling also the provisions of article 6, paragraph 3, of the Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers, adopted at the sixtieth session International conference Labor in 1975, considering it desirable to supplement existing acts with rules on equality of treatment and opportunity for older workers, on their protection in matters of employment and on preparation and retirement, deciding to adopt a number of proposals regarding older workers: work and retirement, which is As the fourth item on the agenda of the session, Having decided to give these proposals the form of a recommendation, adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Older Workers Recommendation, 1980.

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(2) In implementing this Recommendation, each country, in accordance with national laws, regulations and practices and local conditions, may more precisely define those workers to whom it applies, indicating individual age categories.

3) Workers covered by this Recommendation are hereinafter referred to as older workers.

2. The employment problems of older workers should be considered within the framework of a comprehensive and balanced full employment strategy and, at enterprise level, within the framework of a comprehensive and balanced social policy, paying due attention to all groups of the population and thereby ensuring that employment problems are not transferred from one group to another.

II. EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY

3. Each Member, within the framework of national policies aimed at promoting equality of treatment and opportunity for workers regardless of age and within the framework of laws, regulations and practices in this field, shall take measures to prevent discrimination against older workers in employment and occupation.

4. Each Member of the Organization, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice:

a) take the necessary measures to enable employers' and workers' organizations to participate effectively in the development of the policies referred to in paragraph 3 of this Recommendation;

(b) take the necessary measures to enable employers' and workers' organizations to participate effectively in promoting the adoption and implementation of this policy;

c) adopts such legislation and/or promotes such programs as may ensure the adoption and implementation of this policy.

5. Older workers, without age discrimination, shall enjoy equality of opportunity and treatment on an equal basis with other workers, in particular with regard to:

a) access to vocational guidance and placement services;

b) access, taking into account their personal abilities, experience and qualifications:

i). to work of their choice in both the public and private sectors: however, in exceptional cases, age restrictions may be established due to special requirements, conditions or rules for certain types of work;

ii). to opportunities vocational training, in particular advanced training and retraining;

iii). to paid study leave, in particular for the purposes of vocational training and trade union education;

iv). to promotion and fair distribution of work;

c) security of employment, taking into account national law and practice on termination of employment and taking into account the results of the consideration referred to in paragraph 22 of this Recommendation;

d) remuneration for equal work;

e) social security measures and social benefits;

f) working conditions, including measures in the field of occupational safety and health;

g) opportunities to have housing, access to social and health services, in particular when these opportunities and this access are related to professional activities or employment.

6. Each Member shall review relevant legislative provisions and administrative rules and practices to adapt them to the policies referred to in paragraph 3 of this Recommendation.

7. Each Member of the Organization, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice:

a) ensure, to the extent possible, that the policies referred to in paragraph 3 of this Recommendation are implemented; in all activities under the direction or control of a public authority;

(b) promote the implementation of this policy in all other activities, in cooperation with employers' and workers' organizations and with all other relevant bodies.

8. Older workers and trade union organizations, as well as employers and their organizations, should have access to bodies competent to deal with complaints about equal opportunity and treatment and carry out investigations to correct any practice contrary to such policies.

9. All appropriate measures should be taken to ensure that guidance, training and placement services provide older workers with the facilities, advice and assistance they may need to enjoy full equality of opportunity and treatment.

10. The application of the policy referred to in paragraph 3 of this Recommendation should not adversely affect special measures of protection or assistance recognized as necessary for older workers.

III. PROTECTION

11. As part of a national policy to improve working conditions and the working environment at all stages of working life, measures should be developed, in accordance with national conditions and practice, to ensure that older workers are able to continue to work in satisfactory conditions, with the participation of representative organizations of employers and workers.

12. 1) Research should be carried out, with the participation of employers' and workers' organizations, to identify those activities that accelerate the aging process or in which older workers have difficulty adapting to the demands of their work, to determine the reasons for this and develop appropriate solutions.

2) Such studies can be carried out within the framework of a general system for assessing work and relevant qualifications.

3) The results of the research should be widely disseminated, in particular to employers' and workers' organizations and, if necessary, through them to relevant older workers.

13. Where the reasons for the adjustment difficulties of older workers are primarily related to age, measures should be taken in relation to the activities in question, so far as is reasonably practicable, to:

a) improve those working conditions and working environment that may accelerate the aging process;

b) change the forms of work organization and working hours if they lead to excessive stress and rhythm in relation to the capabilities of the workers concerned, in particular by limiting overtime work;

c) adapt the workplace and tasks to the worker, using all available technical means and, in particular, the principles of ergonomics, in order to preserve health and performance and prevent accidents;

d) provide for more systematic monitoring of the health status of workers;

e) provide for appropriate controls at workplaces to ensure the safety and health of workers.

14. Among the measures aimed at giving effect to paragraph 13(b) of this Recommendation, the following could be applied at enterprise level, after consultation with workers' representatives or with the participation of their representative organizations, or through collective bargaining, depending on the practice existing in each country:

a) reduction of the normal length of the working day or working week for older workers engaged in heavy, dangerous or hazardous work;

(b) a gradual reduction in working hours for all older workers, at their request, during a specified period preceding the date on which they reach the normal age for receiving old-age benefits;

c) increasing the duration of annual paid leave, taking into account length of service or age;

d) allowing older workers to organize their working time and rest at their own discretion, in particular by giving them the opportunity to work part-time and on a flexible schedule;

(e) promoting the assignment of older workers to jobs performed during normal daytime, after a certain number of years of using their labor in fully or partially shift work;

15. Every effort should be made to address the difficulties experienced by older workers through vocational guidance and training measures, in particular those provided for in paragraph 50 of the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975.

16. 1) With the participation of representative organizations of employers and workers, measures should be taken to extend to older workers, where possible, remuneration systems adapted to their needs.

2) These measures may include:

a) the use of reward systems that take into account not only speed of performance, but also skill and experience;

b) transfer of older workers from a piece-rate system to a time-based system.

17. Arrangements may also be made to provide older workers, if they wish, with other opportunities for work in the same or other occupations where they can use their abilities and experience, where possible, without loss of earnings.

18. In the event of a reduction in the number of workers, especially in declining industries, special measures should be taken to take into account the specific needs of older workers, for example, by facilitating their retraining for work in other industries, providing them with assistance in providing new job or by guaranteeing them adequate protection of their income or adequate monetary compensation.

19. Special measures should be taken to facilitate entry into or re-entry into work. labor activity job seekers of older people who did not work due to family responsibilities.

IV. PREPARATION FOR RETIREMENT AND RETIREMENT

a) the term “established” means determined by or in pursuance of the measures referred to in paragraph 31 of this Recommendation;

(b) the term "old-age benefit" means a pension payable to a person after reaching a specified age;

(c) the term "retirement benefit" means an old-age pension the payment of which is conditional on the cessation of any gainful activity;

(d) the term “normal age of old-age pension” means the specified age from which payment of old-age benefits may be either early or deferred;

(e) the term “long service benefit” means a pension the payment of which depends only on length of service, without regard to age;

f) the term "service" means the period of contribution, or the period of employment, or the period of residence, or any combination thereof, in accordance with prescribed rules.

21. Where possible, measures should be taken to:

(a) ensuring that, within a system that allows for a gradual transition from working life to free activity, retirement is voluntary;

b) ensuring flexibility in setting the age for old-age pension.

22. Legislative and other provisions establishing a mandatory age for termination of employment should be considered in the light of the previous paragraph and paragraph 3 of this Recommendation.

23.1) Subject to the policy relating to special benefits, each Member shall endeavor to ensure that older workers whose working hours are gradually reduced to a specified level and those who begin to work part-time, during a specified period preceding the date When they reached the normal age of old-age retirement, they received a special benefit that would partially or fully compensate for the reduction in remuneration for work.

2) The amount and conditions for payment of the special benefit referred to in subparagraph 1 must be established); where appropriate, the special allowance should be considered as earnings for the purpose of calculating the old-age benefit and the length of the period during which it is paid should also be taken into account when calculating it.

24. 1) Older workers who are unemployed for a specified period of time prior to the date of their normal retirement age shall, if an unemployment insurance system is available, receive unemployment benefits or an appropriate allowance until that date.

2) In the absence of such a system, older workers who have been unemployed for at least a year shall be entitled to receive early retirement benefits for a specified period prior to the date on which they reach the normal age of retirement; however, the provision of early retirement benefits should not be conditional on an increase in length of service beyond that required for normal old-age retirement age, and its amount corresponding to the amount of the benefit that such employees would have received at that age should not be reduced , to compensate for a possible increase in the duration of the benefit, implying that when calculating the amount of this benefit, the time difference between the actual retirement age and the normal age of retirement may not be included in the length of service.

25. 1) Older workers who:

(a) have been engaged in such work as is considered by national law or regulation or practice to be difficult or hazardous for the purposes of old-age benefit, or

(b) are found to be disabled to a specified extent shall be entitled to receive early retirement benefits for a specified period prior to the date of their normal retirement age, the provision of which may be conditional on specified length of service; its amount, which corresponds to the amount of benefit that such workers would have received at the age normally giving them the right to receive old-age benefits, should not be reduced to compensate for a possible increase in the duration of the payment; When calculating the amount of this benefit, the difference between the actual retirement age and the normal old-age pension age may not be included in the length of service.

2) The provisions of subparagraph 1) of this paragraph do not apply to:

a) for persons receiving a disability or incapacity pension whose degree of disability or incapacity is at least equal to the degree of disability or incapacity required to receive early retirement benefits;

b) for persons subject to a system of occupational pensions or other social security benefits.

26. Older workers who are not subject to the provisions of paragraphs 24 and 25 shall be entitled to receive early old-age benefits for a specified period preceding the date on which they reach normal old-age retirement age, subject to a reduction in the periodic benefit which they would have received at this age.

27. In systems where the provision of old-age benefits is dependent on contributions or period of service, older workers with a specified period of service should be entitled to long-service benefits.

29. Able-bodied older workers should be given the opportunity not to apply for old-age benefits upon reaching the normal retirement age, for example, either in order to meet all the necessary length of service to receive the benefit, or to increase the amount of the benefit, taking into account an older age at which the benefit is paid , and, if necessary, performing additional work or making additional contributions.

30. 1) Retirement preparation programs should be carried out in the years leading up to the end of working life, with the participation of representative organizations of employers and workers and other relevant bodies. In this regard, the Holidays with Pay Convention 1974 must be taken into account.

2) Such programs should, in particular, enable the persons concerned to plan for their retirement and adjust to their new environment by providing them with information regarding:

a) income and, in particular, old-age benefits to which they can expect, taxation of pensioners and additional benefits provided to them, such as medical care, social services and reduced prices for certain types of public services;

b) opportunities and conditions for continuing to work, in particular part-time work and the possibility of being self-employed;

c) the individual aging process and measures to prevent this process, such as medical examinations, exercise and an appropriate diet;

d) use of free time;

e) the availability of adult learning opportunities, either to overcome particular difficulties of retirement or to maintain or develop interests and qualifications.

V. APPLICATION

31. This Recommendation may be implemented, as appropriate, in stages, by legislation or regulations, collective agreements or in any other manner consistent with national practice and taking into account national economic and social conditions.

32. Appropriate measures should be taken to inform the public, in particular those in vocational guidance, training, employment and other relevant social services, as well as employers, workers and their respective organizations, about the problems that older workers may face, in particular , in the areas specified in paragraph 5 of this Recommendation, as well as the desirability of assisting them in solving these problems.

33. Measures must be taken to ensure that older workers are fully informed of their rights and opportunities and are encouraged to exercise those rights and opportunities.

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