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With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's report and the attached documents.

1. The Committee notes that the classification of jobs into occupational categories is based on an objective evaluation of the tasks that the jobs involve, and not the personal characteristics of the workers. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee once again asks the Government to provide details of the methods and criteria used in carrying out such an evaluation. Please refer in this connection to paragraphs 138 to 150 of the Committee's 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration.

2. With regard to wage fixing for the public administration, the Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its request for information on the methods used in classifying the personnel in question in occupational categories, and the criteria used to assess the value of work for the purposes of applying the principle of equal remuneration, in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee is bound to repeat its request in the hope that the next report will contain all the information asked for.

3. The Committee notes that, for the period 1989 to 1991, 15 complaints concerning cases of non-observance of the principle of equal remuneration were recorded by the General Secretariat for the Equality of the Sexes, and that five of them were settled to the satisfaction of the complainants. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information of this kind on the activities of the General Secretariat for the Equality of the Sexes and the activities of the labour inspection services as they relate to the Convention, and on the measures taken to cooperate with the social partners to ensure the effective application of the principle of equal remuneration.