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The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report and requests clarification concerning the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee requests information as to how in cases of doubt it is determined whether a given category of person is a seafarer.

Article 4(3)(d). The Committee notes that, although there is a photograph, there is no written entry of any physical characteristics of the seafarer (height, weight, colour of eyes and hair, etc.) as required in this Article.

Article 5. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the legislative or regulatory texts that enable a foreign seafarer to return to Morocco with an expired Moroccan seafarers’ identity document for up to one year after expiration.

The Committee requests the Government to send a hard copy (not a photocopy) of the seafarers’ identity document with its next report.