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The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's first report and requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

1. Article 2 of the Convention. Noting from the Government's report that no explicit reference is made in the 1991 Constitution, the legislation or the General Collective Agreement for the Economic Sector (1990-92) to the principle of equal remuneration between men and women for work of equal value, the Committee requests the Government to give consideration to including such a reference, in future revisions of labour legislation or collective agreements, so as to ensure the application of this principle to all workers. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report all steps that it has taken in this regard to apply the principle of the Convention through national laws or regulations, legally established or recognized machinery for wage determination or collective agreements between employers and workers.

2. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the method of calculating the amount of remuneration and other emoluments is contained in collective agreements. The Committee therefore requests the Government to supply with its next report copies of the commercial and non-commercial general collective agreements referred to in the Government's report, and any other organizational rules which govern wage determination or appraisal of work performed.

3. Article 3. The Committee notes from the report that no special generally applicable method has been adopted to ensure objective appraisal of the quality of work performed. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the actual methods used and the criteria employed by supervisors to evaluate the work performed. It also requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken to promote an objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed in order to ensure that sex-based discriminatory criteria are not taken into consideration.

4. Article 4. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on measures of cooperation undertaken between the Government and employers' and workers' organizations, and information on the activities of the Office of Women's Policy, to promote application of the principle contained in the Convention.

5. The Committee would appreciate the Government supplying with its next report:

(i) the salary scales applicable in the public sector, with an indication of the percentage of men and women employed at different levels; and

(ii) statistical data concerning the minimum or basic wage rates and the average actual earnings of men and women broken down, if possible, by occupation, branch of activity, seniority and level of qualifications.