1. This Convention shall apply to all branches of economic activity.

2. The extent to which the guarantees provided for in this Convention apply to the armed forces and the police may be determined by national law or practice.

3. As regards the public service, specific provisions for the application of this Convention may be laid down by national law or practice.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "collective bargaining" shall apply to all negotiations between an employer, a group of employers, or one or more employers' organizations, on the one hand, and one or more Workers' organisations, on the other hand, in order to:

(a)

Setting conditions of work and employment, and/or

(b)

Resolving the relationship between employers and workers, and/or

(c)

To resolve the relationship between employers or their organizations and one or more worker organizations.

1. As far as national law or practice recognises the existence of workers'representatives as defined in Article 3 (b) of the Convention on Workers' Representatives, 1971, the law or practice May determine the extent to which the term "collective bargaining" should also include, for the purposes of this Agreement, negotiations with such representatives.

2. Where, in accordance with paragraph 1 above, the term "collective bargaining" also includes negotiations with the workers' representatives referred to in that paragraph, appropriate measures shall be taken whenever there is To ensure that the presence of these representatives cannot be used to weaken the situation of the workers' organisations.

Provided that the application of this Convention is not covered by collective agreements, by arbitration awards or in any other way in accordance with national practice, it shall be governed by national law.

Measures adapted to national circumstances will have to be taken in order to promote collective bargaining.

2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 above shall have the following objectives:

(a)

Collective bargaining is made possible for all employers and for all categories of workers in the industries covered by this Agreement;

(b)

That collective bargaining is progressively extended to all matters covered by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2 of this Convention;

(c)

The development of agreed rules of procedure between employers'organisations and workers' organisations should be encouraged;

(d)

Collective bargaining is not impeded as a result of the non-existence of rules governing its conduct or the inadequacy or inappropriate character of these rules;

(e)

That the bodies and procedures for the resolution of labour disputes are designed in such a way as to promote collective bargaining.

The provisions of this Convention shall not prevent the functioning of professional relations systems in which collective bargaining takes place within the framework of conciliation and/or arbitration mechanisms or institutions to which The parties to collective bargaining participate voluntarily.

The measures taken by the public authorities to encourage and promote the development of collective bargaining will be the subject of prior consultations and, whenever possible, agreements between the public authorities and the Employers'and workers' organisations.

Measures taken to promote collective bargaining cannot be designed or applied in such a way as to impede the freedom of collective bargaining.

This Agreement shall not revise any existing convention or recommendation.

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(1) This Convention shall only bind the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two Members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a new period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations made available to it by the Members of the Organization.

2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which this Convention enters into force Vigor.

The Director-General of the International Labour 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 ¹ , complete information about all ratifications and all acts of denunciation which it has registered in accordance with the previous articles.

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

(a)

Ratification by a Member of the new revision agreement would automatically entail, notwithstanding Article 12 above, the immediate termination of this Convention, provided that the new revision agreement is entered into In force;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the new revision agreement, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by Members.

(2) This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the revised Convention.

The English and French versions of the text of this Agreement are equally authentic.