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The Committee notes the Government’s report, which refers to the new legislative and regulatory texts in force, and also the 2004 annual report on the work of the labour inspectorate, published by the Department of Labour Inspection.

Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention. Publication, transmission and content of the annual report on the work of the inspection services. The Committee notes with interest the publication of an annual report containing detailed information on the laws and regulations for the enforcement of which labour inspectors and officials are responsible, the composition of the staff of the labour inspectorate, the number of workplaces liable to inspection and the number of workers employed therein, and also the statistics of inspection visits (broken down by economic sector), violations reported to the legal services (classified according to the applicable legal provisions), penalties imposed (amount of fines), and industrial accidents (by economic sector, sex and cause). It also notes with interest the establishment and operation since 2000 of the computerized Factory Inspectorate System (FIS) enabling the collection and processing of these statistics by the Department of Labour Inspection and facilitating in particular the drawing up of an annual strategic plan at national and provincial levels and the planning of inspection visits in line with set objectives.

The Committee is raising another matter in a direct request to the Government.