Ratification of the Convention will facilitate harmonization of the national legislation on labour safety concerning workplace safety and hygiene with the European Union laws.
Pursuant to the Bill (Reg. No. 0155), provisions of the Convention cover all types of work processes related to the exposure of workers to asbestos. The document is based on the concept of controlled use of asbestos - creation of safe labour conditions and protection of the health of workers due to the implementation of new technological and technical facilities and improvement of normative and legal base.
Pursuant to the Convention, 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. The national laws or regulations shall provide that exposure to asbestos shall be prevented or controlled by one or more of the following measures: making work in which exposure to asbestos may occur subject to regulations prescribing adequate engineering controls and work practices, including workplace hygiene; 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.
Where necessary to protect the health of workers and technically practicable, national laws or regulations shall provide for 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; or total or partial prohibition of the use of asbestos or of certain types of asbestos or products containing asbestos in certain work processes.