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The Committee notes Act No. 1876 of 7 March 1990, respecting free collective bargaining and other provisions, and it requests the Government to state:

(a) by virtue of which provisions public officials (with the exception of public servants engaged in the administration of the State, who are not covered by the Convention), that is those persons who are not covered by a private employment relationship and who are excluded from the scope of Act No. 1876 (section 1), are authorised to negotiate their terms and conditions of employment;

(b) the reasons for which scientists are not authorised to negotiate their conditions of employment and wages (section 20(2) of the Act);

(c) whether, during the period covered by the report, section 16(d) (which authorises one of the parties to request a dispute to be referred to arbitration in establishments and bodies of public interest if the other rejects the proposals of the mediator) has been applied; in particular, whether an employer has requested that a dispute be referred to arbitration and, if so, in which sector.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1991.]