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The Committee notes the information in the Government’s reports and requests the Government to provide further information on the following points.

Article 2 of the Convention (entitlement to the document).The Committee requests the Government to indicate any categories of crew members on ships engaged in maritime navigation who are excluded from the scope of the Convention.

Article 3 (continuous possession of the identity document).The Committee requests the Government to indicate the texts giving effect to this provision of the Convention.

Article 5 (right of return).The Committee notes that Estonia issues the seafarers’ identity document to resident aliens and, pursuant to the Identity Documents Act, Chapter 7, section 34, "the period of validity shall not exceed the period of validity of the residence permit issued to the alien". In that regard, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the texts giving effect to the requirement under Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Convention that the seafarer shall be readmitted during a period of at least one year after any date of expiry indicated in the document.

Part V of the report form.The Committee requests the Government to provide statistical information concerning the number of seafarers’ identity documents issued annually to national and foreign seafarers.