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The Committee notes with satisfaction the Government’s detailed reports for the periods ending successively in June 1997, May 1998 and May 1999, as well as the information contained in the annual inspection reports for 1996, 1997 and 1998, in accordance with Article 21 of the Convention. The Committee takes due note of the conformity with the Articles of the Convention of the legal provisions and practice described by the Government. In particular, it notes with interest the use made of the guidance provided in the ILO publication of 1996 entitled Recording and notification of employment accidents and diseases for the development of an effective system for this purpose.

The Committee also notes with interest the detailed information provided by the Government concerning the staff of the labour inspectorate, the proportion of women therein and the specific rule conferred upon them, particularly for the supervision of enterprises employing female staff, and also on the resources made available to the staff for the discharge of its functions. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to provide information on developments in the labour inspection system in each of its future reports and that annual inspection reports will continue to be prepared, published and transmitted to the ILO regularly and within the time limits set out in Article 20.

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