408/1991 Coll.
The communication from the
the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the 24 July. June
1974 was on 59. meeting of the General Conference of the international organization
work adopted the Convention on the prevention and control of occupational hazards
caused by carcinogenic substances and agents (No. 139). The ratification of the
Convention by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was registered on 11 October.
January 1990, Director General of the International Labour Office. According to their
Article 8, paragraph 3 of the Convention entered for the Czech and Slovak
Federal Republic in force on 11. January 1991.
Czech translation of the Convention shall be published at the same time.
Convention No. 139
Convention
on the prevention and control of occupational hazards caused by
carcinogenic substances and agents
The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, which was convened
the Administrative Council of the International Labour Office in Geneva, and there met on 5 December.
June 1974 at its fifty-ninth session;
Bearing in mind the provisions of the Convention and the recommendation on the protection against radiation,
1960, and of the Convention and the recommendation on benzene, 1971;
considering that it is desirable to establish international standards for the protection against
carcinogenic substances and agents;
taking into account the work of other international organizations on these
issues, in particular the World Health Organization and the international
the Center for cancer research, with which the International Labour Organisation
works;
rozhodnuvši accept some proposals concerning the prevention and control of
occupational hazards caused by carcinogenic substances and agents, which
they are the fifth point of the agenda of the meeting;
stanovivši, that these proposals will take the form of an International Convention,
accepts 24 September. June 1974 this Convention, which will be referred to as
Occupational cancer Convention, 1974.
Article 1
1. each Member which ratifies this Convention, will periodically
determine the carcinogenic substances and agents, for which the exposure of their effects
on the job will be prohibited or subject to authorisation or control, and
those subject to the other provisions of this Convention.
2. exceptions to the prohibition can be enabled only on a decision for
each individual case lays down the conditions which must be met.
3. when determining the substances and agents referred to in paragraph 1 of this article is
need to take account of the latest information contained in collections instructions
for practice or handbooks drawn up by the International Labour Office, and to
information from other competent organizations.
Article 2
1. each Member which ratifies this Convention, shall endeavour to
carcinogenic substances and agents to which workers can be
exposed to at work, have been replaced with substances or agents not
carcinogenic substances or agents or less harmful. When you select
alternatives or factors to be taken into account in their
carcinogenic, toxic and other properties.
2. the number of workers exposed to carcinogenic substances or
agents and the length and the degree of such exposure will be limited to the minimum
compatible with safety.
Article 3
Each Member State which ratifies this Convention shall establish measures to
the protection of workers against the dangers arising from the fact that they are
exposed to carcinogenic substances and agents, and shall establish appropriate
the system records.
Article 4
Each Member State which ratifies this Convention shall take measures to
the workers, who were, are or are likely to be exposed to and
the effects of carcinogenic substances or agents have been advised about the versatile
the dangers arising from it and the measures to be taken.
Article 5
Each Member State which ratifies this Convention shall take measures to
workers at the time of employment and after it had received such a medical
or biological examination or other tests and examinations that are
necessary to evaluate their exposure and to supervise their
health status as regards the occupational hazards.
Article 6
Each Member State which ratifies this Convention:
and Make use of the laws) or other rules or in any other way
a manner consistent with national conditions and practice and after consultation with
interested by the most representative organisations of employers and
personnel measures required to implement the provisions of this Convention.
b) determine in accordance with the national practice of the person or organisation that is
shall comply with the provisions of this Convention.
(c) it undertakes to establish appropriate) inspection services, which will oversee the
the implementation of the provisions of this Convention, or to verify if it is done
appropriate inspection.
Article 7
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-
The International Labour Office and written by him.
Article 8
1. this Convention undertakes to only the Member States of the international organization
labour, whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.
2. Shall take effect twelve months after the date the Director writes
the ratification of the two Member States.
3. For each Member State, this Convention shall take effect twelve
months from the date on which its ratification has been registered.
Article 9
1. each Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it
After the expiration of ten years from the date on which this Convention first acquired
the effectiveness of written communication, the Director General of the International Office
work that is writes. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the
It was registered.
2. each Member State that has ratified this Convention and which does not apply
rights to terminate her under this article during the year following
the expiry of the period of ten years, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, the
bound by the Convention for the next ten-year period and then it will be able to terminate
on the expiry of the 10-year period, under the conditions laid down in this
article.
Article 10
1. the Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Member
States, the International Labour Organisation the ratification of, and writing all the testimony,
which the Member States shall communicate to the Organization.
2. When the Member States of the Organization to communicate to write the second
the ratification was announced to him, General Manager notifies Member
States of the Organization to the date when this Convention enters into force.
Article 11
Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify the
the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with article 102 the Charter of the United
Nations full particulars of all ratifications and denunciations that enrolled
under the provisions of the preceding articles.
Article 12
Always, if deemed necessary, the Governing Board of the International Office
work shall submit to the General Conference a report on the implementation of this Convention, and
examine whether it is advisable to put on the agenda the question of the full or
partial revision.
Article 13
1. the General Conference adopt a new Convention revising all or
partly this Convention and unless the new Convention otherwise:
and the ratification of the new revising Convention) causes the ipso jure immediate
denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of article 9, and subject to, the
the new revising Convention enters into force;
(b)), from the time when the new revising Convention enters into force, this Convention
Member States shall cease to be open to ratification.
2. This Convention shall remain in force in its form and content for those
Member States which have ratified it but have not ratified, a new
revising the Convention.
Article 14
The English and French texts of this Convention are equally authentic.
