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The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous direct request. The general nature of this information makes it difficult for the Committee to evaluate the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice. The Government's report does not contain the necessary data on the situation, level and trends of employment. The Committee trusts that the Government's next report will contain detailed replies to the questions in the report form on the application of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention. Please also refer specifically to the following aspects of employment policy.

1. The Government indicates in its report that the current stage of development of Romania requires in particular an increase in the productivity of work, in order to improve national income and living standards. It reports the difficulties experienced in achieving the objectives of the Plan, which are attributed to, among other things, external factors such as protectionist measures and the level of interest rates for the external debt, and internal, natural and structural factors, such as those of adapting national production to the requirements of the international market. Please indicate the extent to which the difficulties referred to have been overcome. Please describe the main policies pursued in the plans and programmes that are currently in force and the measures taken in the field of employment policy, in conformity with the Convention. Please refer specifically to measures designed to balance the supply and demand of labour, on both occupational and geographical levels, including measures to adjust the labour force to structural changes resulting, for example, from changes in international trade or technology.

2. The Committee notes the information supplied on Act No. 5 of 18 December 1985. It would be grateful if the Government would supply, in its next report, additional information on the practical application of this Act and on the extent to which it guarantees that work "is as productive as possible", in accordance with the objectives set out in the Convention. Please supply a copy of the text in question.

3. The Committee notes that more than 7 million workers, of whom 3 million are in the industrial sector, have undergone further vocational training programmes. It would be grateful if the Government would supply information on all measures related to vocational training, rehabilitation and retraining, together with available statistics on the number of workers trained in each sector and the groups of the population undergoing various vocational training programmes. Please also describe the measures taken or envisaged to co-ordinate education and training policies with employment prospects.