"I hereby ratify"

President of the Republic of Armenia

R. Kocharyan

29 July 2006

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

No 1007-N of 29 June 2006

ON APPROVING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION ON SAFETY ASSURANCE AND HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANISATION

Guided by Article 253 of the Labour Code of the Republic of Armenia, the Government of the Republic of Armenia decides to:

1. Approve the Rules of Procedure of the Commission on Safety Assurance and Health of Employees of the organisation.

2. This Decision shall enter into force after six months following its official promulgation.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia	A. Margaryan
18 July 2006 Yerevan

Annex to Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No 1007-N of 29 June 2006

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION ON SAFETY ASSURANCE AND HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANISATION

1. This Procedure shall establish the goals of activities of the Commission on Safety Assurance and Health of Employees of the organisation (hereinafter referred to as ''the Commission''), as well as the procedure for organising and carrying out the activities thereof.

2. The employer shall have the right to establish the Commission on Safety Assurance and Health of Employees of the organisation, pursuant to Article 253 of the Labour Code of the Republic of Armenia and this Procedure.

3. The goals of the activities of the Commission shall be to ensure the participation of employees of the organisation in the monitoring of occupational risks, planning and organisation of preventive measures for ensuring and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment, as well as analysis of the health condition of employees.

4. The objectives aimed at achieving the goals of the activities of the Commission shall be as follows:

(a) assisting the employer in planning, organising and implementing preventive measures for safety assurance and protection of health of employees;

(b) supporting the process of awareness-raising among employees on issues related to safety assurance and protection of health of employees;

(c) ensuring formation and presentation of opinion of the majority of employees with regard to safety assurance and protection of health of employees;

(d) assisting the employer in activities of introducing norms that define healthy and safe working conditions in the organisation.

5. The Commission shall be composed of equal number of representatives authorised by the employer, trade union and employees.

6. The number of the members of the Commission shall be determined by mutual consent of the parties, but not less than six persons, dependent on the number of employees of the organisation and other peculiarities.

7. The representatives authorised by the trade union and employees shall be nominated from among the members of the trade union and the team of employees, respectively, and shall be elected at the general meetings of the trade union and the team of employees.

8. The representatives of the employer shall be appointed by the order or the executive order of the employer.

9. The Commission shall elect, from among its members, a chairperson and a secretary. An official engaged in the labour safety and technical safety of the organisation may not be elected as the chairperson of the Commission.

10. The composition of the Commission shall be approved by the order or the executive order of the employer.

11. In case it is impossible for a member of the Commission to perform his or her duties, a new member shall be elected instead of him or her in accordance with this Procedure.

12. The employer may refuse to accept the decision of the Commission. In this case the employer shall submit to the Commission his or her substantiation for refusing to accept the decision for the purpose of elaborating an acceptable option.

13. While carrying out its activities the Commission shall be guided by the Labour Code of the Republic of Armenia, regulatory legal acts in the field of safety assurance and protection of health of the employees, collective agreements, internal legal acts of the organisation and this Procedure.

14. The Commission shall organise its activities through sittings, which shall be convened in accordance with its Regulation or, where necessary, not less than once in every 3 months.

15. The Commission shall carry out its activities in accordance with its Regulation which shall be approved by the Commission.

16. The sitting of the Commission shall have quorum if attended by more than half of the members of the Commission. Decisions of the Commission shall be adopted by voting with more than half of the affirmative votes of the members that took part therein. The voting shall be open.

17. The Commission may involve the responsible employees of the subdivisions of the organisation as participants in its sittings.

18. The Commission shall:

(a) receive information from the employer about hazardous and harmful factors of the production environment and the working process;

(b) inform — based on the requests and proposals of the employees as well as through enquiries conducted among employees — about the implementation by the employer of work safety and health protection measures at the workplace;

(c) submit a proposal — based on the information received — to the employer on the necessity of conducting additional surveys through other specialised organisations;

(d) assist the employer and the state authorised bodies in conducting official investigation into the cases of production accidents and occupational diseases as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;

(e) participate in the organisation of training on work safety and health protection in the organisation;

(f) submit — regularly, but at least once a year — a report on its activities to the team of employees.

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