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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 15(2) of the Convention. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes that Decree No. 2263/MT of 9 April 1982 regulating work of women and children has been replaced by Ordinance No. 003/PRG/SGG/88 of 28  January 1988 promulgating the new Labour Code, as well as Decree No. 2791/MTASE/DNTLS/96 of 22 April 1996 relative to child labour. It notes that education is compulsory between the ages of seven and 15, corresponding to the primary and secondary cycles. The Committee asks the Government to indicate which legislative or regulatory texts pertains to this cycle of compulsory education, and to provide a copy of it.

Article 15(3). With regard to articles 5, 6 and 7 of Decree No. 2791/MTASE/DNTLS/96 of 22 April 1996 concerning child labour, which prescribes for the possibility of work for children not having reached school-leaving age, the Committee asks the Government to specify the legislative or regulatory text prohibiting the employment of such children during school hours, in regions where there exist possibilities for sufficient instruction for the majority of school-age children, in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on this point. It asks, in this case, that the Government communicate a copy of this text.