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The Committee notes the Government’s statement that there has been no change in the implementing legislation during the reporting period. The Committee understands, however, that a new law on the award of public contracts (supplies, works and services) was adopted in 2003 and that regulations under section 65 of that law were issued in April 2004, while another law on the coordination of procedures for the award of public contracts (supplies, works and services) repealing the above instruments was adopted in 2006. The Committee requests the Government to specify whether the Model Rules of 21 September 1977, which were embodied in public contracts and gave effect to the Convention, are still in force, or whether the recent reforms in public procurement legislation have affected the application of the Convention in either law or practice.

Moreover, the Committee notes that the Government has not provided any information of a practical nature concerning the application of the Convention since 1973. It therefore asks the Government to supply, in accordance with Part V of the report form up to date statistical information relating to the number of contracts and workers covered by the relevant legislation, inspection results showing the number and nature of the contraventions reported, extracts from official reports or studies addressing issues connected with the social dimensions of public procurement, as well as any other particulars which would enable the Committee to gain a full appreciation of the means by which and the extent to which the Convention is applied.