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The Committee notes with interest the information supplied by the Government on the legislative measures adopted in 1998 and 1999, the application of which is under the supervision of the labour inspection, as well as the updated detailed statistical information for the same period in respect of the application of Article 3, paragraph 1(a) and (b) and of Articles 8, 10 and 16 of the Convention and on the points listed under Article 21(b) to (g). It requests the Government to continue regularly to transmit such information, which is a key instrument in appreciating progress achieved in the application of the Convention.

In this connection, the Committee notes with interest the considerable reduction in occupational accidents (20,970, of which 188 were fatal, in 1998, against 61,463 of which 530 were fatal, in 1995) as well as the proportion of official notices served by the labour inspectors in the private sector (54.8 per cent in 1998 against 78.94 per cent in 1996) as compared with the statistics supplied by the Government in its earlier reports. This information suggests that the labour inspection services are becoming more efficient and is particularly encouraging in the context of an economy in transition towards liberalism and the increase in the number of private sector undertakings. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would transmit, with its next report, any observations it may think fit on the factors making such results possible.

The Committee is addressing a request regarding certain other points directly to the Government.