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Article 7 of the Convention. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in its report on the adoption of Presidential Decree No. 186/1995 respecting the protection of workers against the risk of exposure to biological agents in places of employment, in compliance with the Council Directives Nos. 90/679/EEC and 93/88/EEC. In addition, and reiterating its previous comments, the Committee would be pleased to receive information with the Government's next report on the measures taken or contemplated, in consultation with the employers' and workers' organizations concerned, with regard to the maintenance of the employment relationship of nursing personnel infected or considered to be infected with HIV, such as confidentiality of test results, recognition that the cause of infection was occupational, longer annual holidays, financial compensation, more frequent rest breaks, etc.

Part V of the report form. The Committee hopes that the Government will supply information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including statistics on the numbers of nursing personnel and their relation to population, and eventually data on the number of persons leaving the profession. Please also report any difficulties encountered in practice in the implementation of the Convention.