Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

1. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report including information regarding the application in practice of the Convention, and the comments from the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) noting that the Convention is fully applied in Germany.

2. With regard to the question of possible difficulties encountered in the application of the Convention in relation to modern methods of cargo handling, with particular reference to containers, the Committee requests the Government to refer to the general observation that it is making on the Convention at the present session.