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Article 5 and Part V of the report form. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government regarding the evolution of the national minimum wage as compared to the evolution of the consumer price index during the period 1998-2002. The Committee also notes the figures concerning the number of prosecutions in the last four years for failure to pay the minimum wage and the amount of monetary fines prescribed for minimum wage-related offences. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide all available information concerning the practical application of the Convention, including for instance the national minimum wage currently in force, statistical data on the number of workers remunerated at the minimum wage rate, copies of official reports or surveys addressing minimum wage questions, as well as any other particulars bearing on the functioning of the minimum wage fixing machinery.