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Employers' Handbook on ILO Standards-related Activities

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EMPLOYERS’ HANDBOOK ON <strong>ILO</strong> STANDARDS-RELATED ACTIVITIES<br />

Standing Orders of the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Labour C<strong>on</strong>ference<br />

ARTICLE 39<br />

Preparatory stages of double-discussi<strong>on</strong> procedure<br />

1. When a questi<strong>on</strong> is governed by the double-discussi<strong>on</strong> procedure, the Internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

Labour Office shall prepare as so<strong>on</strong> as possible a preliminary report setting out the law and<br />

practice in the different countries and any other useful informati<strong>on</strong>, together with a questi<strong>on</strong>naire.<br />

The report and the questi<strong>on</strong>naire requesting the governments to c<strong>on</strong>sult the most representative<br />

organisati<strong>on</strong>s of employers and workers before finalizing their replies and to give<br />

reas<strong>on</strong>s for their replies shall be communicated by the Office to the governments so as to reach<br />

them not less than 18 m<strong>on</strong>ths before the opening of the sessi<strong>on</strong> of the C<strong>on</strong>ference at which the<br />

questi<strong>on</strong> is to be discussed. …<br />

6. On the basis of the replies received to the questi<strong>on</strong>naire referred to in paragraph1 and<br />

<strong>on</strong> the basis of the first discussi<strong>on</strong> by the C<strong>on</strong>ference, the Office may prepare <strong>on</strong>e or more<br />

C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>s or Recommendati<strong>on</strong>s and communicate them to the governments so as to reach<br />

them not later than two m<strong>on</strong>ths from the closing of the sessi<strong>on</strong> of the C<strong>on</strong>ference, asking them<br />

to state within three m<strong>on</strong>ths, after c<strong>on</strong>sulting the most representative organisati<strong>on</strong>s of employers<br />

and workers, whether they have any amendments to suggest or comments to make.

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