R33 Recommendation concerning Reciprocity as Regards the Protection against Accidents of Workers Employed in Loading or Unloading Ships




Geneva, 21 giugno 1929


The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twelfth Session on 30 May 1929, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to reciprocity as regards the protection of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, which is included in the second item of the agenda of the Session, and
Having determined that these proposals should take the form of a Recommendation,
adopts this twenty-first day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Reciprocity Recommendation, 1929, to be submitted to the Members of the International Labour Organisation for consideration with a view to effect being given to it by national legislation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:

The Conference,
Recognising that the Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, while having as its main object the protection against accidents of the said workers, at the same time affords an opportunity for regulations being prepared and issued by the Members which should secure reasonable uniformity on the basis of the Convention and for extension of the principle of reciprocity in the mutual recognition of certificates of inspection and examination; and
Recalling in this connection the principles laid down in the Copenhagen Convention of 28 January 1926 on the sea-worthiness and equipment of ships as modified by the Declaration of 11 June 1928:
Strongly recommends that, following the ratification of, and issuing of regulations as aforesaid based upon, the Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading or unloading ships, the Members which have ratified the said Convention should enter into conference for the purpose of securing agreement for reciprocity, subject to all such agreements making secure the main object of the Convention, namely the safety of the persons employed.


The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, Having been convened in Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its 92nd Session on 1 June 2004, and Following consideration of the proposal for the withdrawal of several international labour Recommendations, which is the seventh item on the agenda of this session, decides this sixteenth day of June of the year two thousand and four to withdraw the Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Reciprocity Recommendation, 1929 (No. 33). The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization as well as the Secretary-General of the United Nations of this decision to withdraw the instrument. The English and French versions of the text of this decision are equally authoritative.


La Raccomandazione è stata ritirata il 1 giugno 2004

Fonte: ILO