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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the adoption on 30 November 2001 of the new Social Security Act. It asks the Government to indicate whether the new Act has come into force and, if so, to please provide detailed information on the extent to which the new legislation gives effect to each of the provisions of the Convention, as well as the information requested in the report form, including statistics. The Committee also requests the Government to supply any regulations that have been adopted to apply the new Act. The Committee hopes that the next report will also contain information on the measures adopted to give effect to the following provisions, on which the Committee has been commenting for a number of years.

Articles 11 and 12 of the Convention. In its previous report, the Government expressed the intention of ensuring free medical coverage for the spouses and children of insured persons, in accordance with these provisions of the Convention, either through the Ecuadorean Social Security Institute or other social security systems. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the new legislation ensures such coverage and, if so, to please indicate whether medical insurance has been extended in practice to the members of the insured person’s family and, if so, please provide the information requested by the report form under Article 12.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.