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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 9, paragraph 3, and Articles 14 and 21, of the Convention. The Committee notes the information concerning the number of labour inspectors contained in the Government's report on Convention No. 81. It also notes the information contained in the Government's report showing a low inspection rate for agricultural enterprises due to their distance from inspection centres and the limited resources available to the inspection services, with the result that inspection is concentrated on industrial or agro-industrial establishments. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the measures which have been taken or are envisaged, including the recruitment of additional labour inspectors and their training, to ensure that agricultural enterprises are inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the effective application of the relevant legal provisions.

Article 15. See the comments made under Convention No. 81 concerning the application of Article 11.

Article 16, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c)(iii). See the comments made under Convention No. 81 on the application of Article 12, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c)(iv).

Article 16, paragraph 2. The Committee notes that section 222 of the Labour Code authorizes labour inspectors to enter the private home of the operator of an agricultural enterprise where the distinction between this home and the enterprise is unclear, which is not in accordance with this provision of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to limit the power of inspectors to enter private homes where a distinction cannot be made with the workplace to cases in which they have obtained the authorization of the operator or have been issued with a special authorization by the competent authorities.

Article 17. The Committee notes the information in the Government's report to the effect that the labour inspection services in agriculture are not associated in preventive control, as provided by this provision of the Convention, but they could be in future as the labour services have requested to be closely associated with such prevention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the progress achieved in this respect.

Articles 26 and 27. The Committee notes that no annual inspection report has been transmitted to the Office. It hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures, where appropriate calling upon the technical assistance of the Office, to publish and transmit an annual inspection report covering the subjects enumerated in Article 27, within the time-limits set out in Article 26.