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The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Convened in Geneva by the Governing Council of the International Labour Office, and meeting on 19 May 1925, at its seventh session,
Having decided to adopt various proposals for the repair of occupational diseases included in the first item of the agenda of the session, and
Having decided that these proposals would take the form of an international convention,
Adopts, this tenth day of June, nine hundred and twenty-five, the following convention, to be known as the Convention on Occupational Diseases, 1925, to be ratified by the members of the International Labour Organization in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization:
1. Any member of the International Labour Organization ratifying this Convention undertakes to provide to victims of occupational diseases or their successors in title a remedy based on the general principles of its national legislation Concerning compensation for accidents at work 1 .
2. The rate of this repair shall not be less than that which provides for national legislation for damage resulting from accidents at work. Subject to this provision, each member shall be free, by determining in its national legislation the conditions governing the payment of the repair of the diseases to which it is concerned, and by applying to those diseases its legislation relating to Compensation for accidents at work, to adopt modifications and adaptations that would appear to be expedient.
1 See art. 9 LAA (RS 832.20 ) And the O of the 26 Dec DFI. 1960 (RS 832.321.11 ).
Any member of the International Labour Organization ratifying this Convention undertakes to treat as occupational diseases the diseases and the poisonings produced by the substances listed in the table below, when These diseases or poisonings occur to workers belonging to the industries or professions corresponding to that table and result from work in a company subject to national law.
Table
| List of diseases and toxic substances. |
List of related industries or occupations. |
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| Intoxication by lead, its alloys or its compounds, with the direct consequences of this intoxication. |
Treatment of lead-containing ores, including lead ash from zinc plants. Amalgamation of old zinc and lead salmon. Manufacture of molds and/or lead-bearing alloys. Polygraphic industries. Manufacture of lead compounds. Manufacture and repair of accumulators. Preparation and use of emals containing lead. Polishing using lead or lead shot. Painting with the preparation or handling of coating, mastics or shades containing lead pigments. |
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| Intoxication by mercury, its amalgam and its compounds, with the direct consequences of this poisoning. |
Treatment of mercury ores. Manufacture of mercury compounds. Manufacturing of measuring or laboratory apparatus. Preparation of raw materials for headgear. Sleep at fire. Use of mercury pumps for the manufacture of filament lamps. Manufacture of mercury fulminant primers. |
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| Coal infection. |
Workers in contact with sablefish. Handling of animal debris. Loading, unloading or transporting goods. |
The official ratifications of this Convention under the conditions established by the Constitution of the International Labour Organization shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.
This Convention shall enter into force as soon as the ratifications of two members of the International Labour Organization have been registered by the Director General.
2. It shall bind only those members whose ratification has been registered with the International Labour Office.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member on the date on which its ratification has been registered at the International Labour Office.
As soon as the ratifications of two members of the International Labour Organization have been registered with the International Labour Office, the Director-General of the International Labour Office will notify all members of the The International Labour Organization. It will also notify them of the registration of ratifications, which will subsequently be communicated to it by all other members of the organisation.
Subject to the provisions of Art. 4, any member ratifying this Agreement undertakes to apply the provisions of s. 1 and 2 no later than 1 Er January 1927 and to take such measures as will be necessary to make these provisions effective.
Any member of the International Labour Organization ratifying this Convention undertakes to apply it to its colonies, possessions and protectorates, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 35 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization.
Any member who has ratified this Convention may denounce it, at the expiration of a period of five years after the date of the initial implementation of the Convention, by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office and By registered. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered at the International Labour Office.
Whenever it deems it necessary, the Executive Board of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the implementation of this Convention and consider whether to include in the agenda Of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.
1 New content according to Art. 1 of Conv. N O 116 of 26 June 1961, approved by the Ass. Fed. 2 Oct. 1962 (RO 1962 1404 1403; FF 1962 I 1412).
Both the English and French texts of this Agreement shall prevail.
(Suivent signatures)
| States Parties |
Ratification Statement of Succession (S) |
Entry into force |
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| Algeria |
19 October |
1962 S |
19 October |
1962 |
| Germany |
18 September |
1928 |
18 September |
1928 |
| Angola |
4 June |
1976 S |
4 June |
1976 |
| Argentina |
24 September |
1956 |
24 September |
1956 |
| Armenia |
18 May |
2006 |
18 May |
2006 |
| Australia |
22 April |
1959 |
22 April |
1959 |
| Norfolk Island A |
February 8 |
1996 |
February 8 |
1996 |
| Austria |
29 September |
1928 |
29 September |
1928 |
| Bangladesh |
22 June |
1972 S |
22 June |
1972 |
| Belgium |
3 October |
1927 |
3 October |
1927 |
| Benin |
12 December |
1960 S |
12 December |
1960 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 June |
1993 S |
2 June |
1993 |
| Bulgaria |
September 5 |
1929 |
September 5 |
1929 |
| Burkina Faso |
21 November |
1960 S |
21 November |
1960 |
| Burundi |
March 11 |
1963 S |
March 11 |
1963 |
| China |
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| Macao A B |
20 December |
1999 |
20 December |
1999 |
| Colombia |
20 June |
1933 |
20 June |
1933 |
| Comoros |
23 October |
1978 S |
23 October |
1978 |
| Congo, Kinshasa |
September 20 |
1960 S |
September 20 |
1960 |
| Côte d' Ivoire |
21 November |
1960 S |
21 November |
1960 |
| Croatia |
8 October |
1991 S |
8 October |
1991 |
| Cuba |
August 6 |
1928 |
August 6 |
1928 |
| Denmark |
18 June |
1934 |
18 June |
1934 |
| Faroe Islands |
18 June |
1934 |
18 June |
1934 |
| Djibouti |
August 3 |
1978 S |
August 3 |
1978 |
| Egypt |
10 May |
1960 |
10 May |
1960 |
| Spain |
29 September |
1932 |
29 September |
1932 |
| Finland |
September 17 |
1927 |
September 17 |
1927 |
| France * |
13 August |
1931 |
13 August |
1931 |
| Guadeloupe |
15 March |
1938 |
15 March |
1938 |
| Guyana (French) |
15 March |
1938 |
15 March |
1938 |
| Martinique |
15 March |
1938 |
15 March |
1938 |
| New Caledonia |
27 November |
1974 |
27 November |
1974 |
| French Polynesia |
27 November |
1974 |
27 November |
1974 |
| Meeting |
15 March |
1938 |
15 March |
1938 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
27 November |
1974 |
27 November |
1974 |
| Guinea |
21 January |
1959 S |
21 January |
1959 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
21 February |
1977 |
21 February |
1977 |
| India |
September 30 |
1927 |
September 30 |
1927 |
| Iraq |
26 November |
1938 |
26 November |
1938 |
| Italy |
22 January |
1934 |
22 January |
1934 |
| Japan |
8 October |
1928 |
8 October |
1928 |
| Latvia |
29 November |
1929 |
29 November |
1929 |
| Luxembourg |
April 16 |
1928 |
April 16 |
1928 |
| Macedonia |
17 November |
1991 S |
17 November |
1991 |
| Mali |
22 September |
1960 S |
22 September |
1960 |
| Morocco |
September 20 |
1956 |
September 20 |
1956 |
| Mauritania |
20 June |
1961 S |
20 June |
1961 |
| Montenegro |
3 June |
2006 |
3 June |
2006 |
| Mozambique |
6 June |
1977 |
6 June |
1977 |
| Myanmar |
September 30 |
1927 S |
September 30 |
1927 |
| Nauru |
September 5 |
1968 S |
September 5 |
1968 |
| Nicaragua |
12 April |
1934 |
12 April |
1934 |
| Niger |
February 27 |
1961 S |
February 27 |
1961 |
| Norway |
11 June |
1929 |
11 June |
1929 |
| Pakistan |
September 30 |
1927 |
September 30 |
1927 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1 Er May |
1976 S |
1 Er May |
1976 |
| Poland |
3 November |
1937 |
3 November |
1937 |
| Portugal |
March 27 |
1929 |
March 27 |
1929 |
| Central African Republic |
9 June |
1964 |
9 June |
1964 |
| Czech Republic |
1 Er January |
1993 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
| Rwanda |
18 September |
1962 S |
18 September |
1962 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1 Er June |
1982 |
1 Er June |
1982 |
| Serbia |
24 November |
2000 S |
1 Er April |
1927 |
| Slovakia |
1 Er January |
1993 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
| Slovenia |
29 May |
1992 S |
29 May |
1992 |
| Sri Lanka |
17 May |
1952 |
17 May |
1952 |
| Switzerland |
16 November |
1927 |
16 November |
1927 |
| Syria |
10 May |
1960 S |
10 May |
1960 |
| Tunisia |
12 January |
1959 |
12 January |
1959 |
| Zambia |
22 February |
1965 |
22 February |
1965 |
| A |
The Convention is applicable to Norfolk Island and Macau, with the exception of the 9 Oct amendments. 1946 and 26 June 1961. |
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| B |
From 4 October 1999 to 19 December 1999, the Convention was applicable to Macao on the basis of a declaration of territorial extension of Portugal. From 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. According to the Chinese declaration of 13 July 1999, the Convention is also applicable to the Macao SAR from 20 December 1999. |
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1 The English text is equally authentic.
2 The Convention was adopted at the seventh session of the International Labour Conference and signed by the Chair of the International Labour Conference and the Director-General of the International Labour Office. Each State became a party to the Convention only after having deposited its instrument of ratification (Art. 4). As a result of the dissolution of the League of Nations and the amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, certain amendments to this Convention have become necessary in order to ensure the performance of the functions of the Of Chancery that were previously assigned to the Secretary General of the League of Nations. These amendments have been taken into account in the present text of the Convention of 9 October. 1946 (RS 0. 822.719.0 ).
3 Ch. I let. A of June 9, 1927 (RS 14 65).
4 RO 1973 1175, 1975 2487, 1982 1823, 1986 1427, 2005 1857, 2008 4497, 2013 2669. A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (www.dfae.admin.ch/traites).
