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The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report and in the Act respecting the amendment of Act No. 130/1996 on collective labour agreements and its supplement.

1. The Committee notes with interest the list of sectors and categories where collective agreements have been concluded and reiterates its previous requests to the Government, namely:

-- to provide information on the measures by which effect is given in practice to section 20(1) of Act No. 13 of 8 February 1991 respecting collective agreements in the public service, and to supply a copy of laws or regulations adopted to this effect and the texts of any collective agreements concluded in the public service as a whole or in individual government departments;

-- to provide information with regard to progress made in unionization and collective bargaining in small enterprises.

2. The Committee requests the Government to indicate: (1) whether the requirement that one-third of workers belong to a union before a union is able to negotiate at the enterprise level (section 17 of Act No. 130/1996) applies to all the trade unions together or to a single trade union; and (2) where less than one-third of workers are union members, whether it is possible to negotiate collectively.

3. The Committee also refers the Government to its direct request made in the context of Convention No. 98, in respect of the duration of the collective bargaining process.