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The Committee notes the Government’s first report on this Convention, received 16 October 2007 in Albanian. It also notes the first report on the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), which was received 21 October 2008 and which includes additional and recently adopted legislation relevant to the examination of the application by the Government of Convention No. 97. Considering this and awaiting translation of the legislative texts, the Committee will examine the Government’s report on these Conventions at its next session in 2009. In order to have a comprehensive view of the relevant legislative framework, the Committee requests the Government to provide copies of the following legislative texts, which were not attached to the Government’s report on Convention No. 97:

–      Order of the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, No. 1722 of 18 September 2007 on the form and the contents of the document and the procedure to obtain immigrant status;

–      Instruction of the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, No. 1297 of 16 July 2004 on the operation of the register “for immigrants”;

–      DCM No. 262 of 25 May 2000 on the approval of work permits of foreigners;

–      Instruction of the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, No. 786 of 9 April 2001 on the approval of work permits of foreigners;

–      Instruction of the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, No. 202 of 1 February 2007 on the approval of work permits of foreigners (amended).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2009.]