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The Committee notes the information provided by the Government.

Article 13, paragraph 2(b), of the Convention. For many years the Committee has been asking the Government to take the necessary measures to give effect to this Article of the Convention, which requires that labour inspectors be empowered to make or have made orders requiring measures with immediate executory force in the event of imminent danger to the health or safety of the workers. Since 1978, the Government has been indicating that the necessary measures were being taken to amend the law. The Committee hopes that the Government will soon be able to indicate that the necessary amendment has been made and brought into force.

Articles 16, 20 and 21. The Committee notes that no annual inspection reports have been provided since those for 1978 and 1979. It recalls that such reports are an essential means of determining how the inspection system works in practice and whether it is ensured that workplaces are inspected as often and as thoroughly as necessary. It hopes that the Government will send annual reports on the activities of the inspection service to the Office within the time-limits set by the Convention and that these reports will include all the information required by the Convention.