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The Committee notes the adoption of Executive Decree No. 93-120 of 15 May 1993 concerning the organization of occupational medicine. It notes with satisfaction that the text gives effect to the provisions of the Convention to which the Committee's previous comments related. The Decree provides in particular that the purpose of the medical examination which all children and young persons must have is to ensure that they are medically fit for the work envisaged and to identify jobs on which they cannot be employed from the medical point of view (Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention); that the medical examination for fitness for employment shall be carried out by a qualified physician holding a diploma in occupational medicine and authorized to practise privately (Article 2, paragraph 2); that medical supervision of the fitness of a child or young person for the employment shall continue until he has reached the age of 18 years, with at least two examinations a year (Article 3); that medical supervision of fitness for employment, both on recruitment and later, for workers particularly exposed to high health risks shall continue without restriction as to age (Article 4, paragraph 1); that the cost of equipping and operating occupational health services must be covered by the employers so that the child or young person, or his parents, are not involved in any expense (Article 5).