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With reference also to its observation, the Committee draws the Government's attention to the following points:

Elaboration and publication of annual inspection reports. The Committee notes that the annual inspection report provided for under Article 20 of the Convention has not been sent. The need to give full application to all provisions of Article 20 is developed in paragraphs 272-281 of its 1985 General Survey by the Committee of Experts on labour inspection. It hopes that the Government will refer to this publication and will take appropriate measures for the elaboration and publication of annual labour inspection reports answering both in form and substance to the provisions of the Convention.

Free entry of labour inspectors in workplaces liable to inspection. Noting the information that inspectors have freedom of access to workplaces during the working hours of the workplaces liable to inspection, the Committee wishes to stress that freedom of access, as provided by Article 12, paragraphs 1(a) and (b), must not be restricted to the working hours of the workplaces liable to inspection. To be effective, inspection visits must have an unexpected character and thus be likely to occur, possibly, during periods when the establishments are supposed to be inactive, so that inspectors may carry out inspections in respect of hours of illegal work or undeclared workers or as regards the safety of machines and installations, the defects of which may only be observed when such machines and installations are not in operation. Therefore, for a correct application of the provisions cited above, it is important that the Government should take measures to guarantee the extension of freedom of access of labour inspectors to workplaces liable to inspection beyond the hours of work of such workplaces.

Statistics of workplaces liable to inspection. The Committee stresses that if a clear appreciation of statistics of inspection visits is to be gained, it is also necessary to have statistics of all workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers employed therein (Article 20(c)). The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the measures necessary so that this information will be included in subsequent annual inspection reports.