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Further to its previous comments made over many years, the Committee notes, from the Government's report covering the period ending June 1993 and from the statistical information provided, the information that a report on the activities of the inspection services for the years 1990-91 has been passed on to the Government and that the Government is preparing the annual inspection report for the period ending 30 June 1993 which it will communicate to the Office when completed. It also notes the annual report on safety at work containing statistics of occupational diseases and serious industrial accidents. It further notes that Ministerial Decree No. 33 of 1991 provides for the powers and duties of the Ministry of Labour including the labour inspectorate. The Committee underlines the importance of duly prepared inspection reports at the national and international levels for the assessment of whether workplaces are being inspected as often and as thoroughly as necessary, in accordance with Article 16 of the Convention. It is bound to observe that the Convention requires these data to be published regularly and, as indicated at paragraph 277 of the Committee's 1985 General Survey on Labour Inspection, widely disseminated among the authorities and administrations concerned and among workers' and employers' organizations, and placed at the disposal of all interested parties. The Committee also notes that the statistics of penalties imposed which are required under Article 21(e) have not been provided. It trusts the Government will indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the central inspection authority publishes and transmits to the ILO a regular annual inspection report within the time-limits set by Article 20, and containing all the information required by Article 21 of the Convention.