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The Committee notes the Government’s reports for the period ending June 1999 and the attached legislative texts. It notes in particular that, pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 115/98, labour administration is now placed under the responsibility and coordination of a single ministry, the Ministry of Labour and Solidarity (MTS). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information on the effects in practice of this reorganization in regard to application of the Convention and, in particular, supplementary information on the following matters.

Delegation of labour administration activities to non-governmental organizations.  Please indicate whether, in application of Article 2 of the Convention, new labour administration activities have been delegated or entrusted to non-governmental organizations and, if so, specify the nature of these organizations.

Labour administration affairs governed by direct negotiations between employers’ and workers’ organizations.  Please indicate the scope of the collective labour agreements signed, by undertaking and by branch, and supply copies of texts available in regard to application of Article 3.

Consultation and tripartite cooperation on labour administration.  Please supply a copy of the agreement on short-term social dialogue and the agreement on strategic dialogue concluded between the Government and the social partners in 1996 and provide any information available in regard to how these agreements are applied in the framework of the new labour administration structures.

Extension of cover of the administration system to categories of non-salaried workers.  The Committee notes that, under the Evora relationship agreement of 10  January 1989, labour legislation applies to members of cooperatives as an employment contract. It requests the Government to specify to what extent these persons fall within the categories of workers who are not, in law, employed persons in regard to Article 7(c) and to indicate also whether it is intended to extend cover by the labour administration system to other categories of workers mentioned in this Article who are not employed persons.