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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

Article 13, paragraph 2(b), of the Convention. For many years the Committee has been requesting the Government to take the necessary measures to give effect to this Article of the Convention, which provides that labour inspectors shall be empowered to make orders requiring measures to be taken 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 notes the Government's indication in its last report that these measures have not yet been taken and expresses the firm hope that the necessary modifications will be adopted in the near future. Articles 16, 20 and 21. The Committee once again notes that no annual inspection report has been provided since those relating to the years 1978 and 1979. It recalls that these reports are an essential means of determining how the inspection system is working in practice and whether workplaces are being inspected as often and as thoroughly as necessary. It once again hopes that the Government will transmit to the Office, within the time-limits set out in the Convention, annual reports on the activities of the inspection services and that they will contain all the information required by the Convention.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.