Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

The Committee notes that section 302.7 of the draft Labour Code, which is based on the provisions of section 47 of the Labour and Social Welfare Code, obliges trade union organisations to submit forthwith their books and supporting documents to the Prosecutor of the Republic or to the labour inspector at their request.

The Committee emphasises that the right of workers' organisations to organise their administration (Article 3 of the Convention) implies in particular that supervision of union finances should not normally go beyond a requirement for the organisation to submit periodic financial returns (in this connection, see paragraph 188 of the 1983 General Survey on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining).

The Committee therefore requests the Government to ensure that this provision, which confers broad powers on the competent authorities for the supervision of union finances, is applied within the limits permitted in its General Survey of 1983. It requests the Government to supply information on the practical effect given to this provision, particularly if it has already been used, and the circumstances in which it has been applied.