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1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report, including information regarding the National Tripartite Collective Agreement for 2004-05 which contains, in paragraph 3.09, a provision concerning the preparation in 2005 of the ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981, (No. 155), the Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161) – as well as the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention (No. 152). The Committee requests the Government to provide information about the progress achieved in this respect.

2. Article 4. Applicable laws and regulations. The Committee notes that the Government has not responded to its previous request to provide information on which legislation of the former Soviet Union is still in force. Furthermore, the Committee notes that the Government attached several instruments to its report, including the Law of Ukraine of 12 May 1991, No. 1023-XII, on Consumer Rights Protection, the Law of Ukraine of 23 December 1997, No. 771/97-ВР, on the Quality and Safety of Food Products and Food Raw Materials, the Law of Ukraine of 24 February 1994, No. 4004-XII, on Ensuring Sanitary and Epidemic Safety of the Population, certain Cabinet of Ministries Decrees and Ministry of Economics Orders, but that these texts only give partial effect to the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to specify which legislation of the former Soviet Union is still in force and submit with its next report legal and regulatory instruments which comply with the provisions of Articles 7-16 of the Convention.

3. Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in Ukraine providing, for example, extracts from reports of the inspection services and, to the extent such statistics are available, information concerning the number and nature of contraventions reported and the action taken on them, etc.