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Repetition

In its previous direct request of 2007, the Committee had asked the Government to reply in detail in 2008. In September 2008, the Office had received the Government’s report on the application of the Convention for the period from 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2006, which had been already furnished to the ILO in November 2006. No reply has been given to the Committee’s previous direct requests of 2006 and 2007. The Committee is bound to draw the Government’s attention to its obligation under article 22 of the ILO Constitution to comply with the reporting obligation in good faith. It trusts that the Government will do its utmost to supply a full detailed report on the Convention, according to the report form adopted by the Governing Body, and that this report will also contain a detailed reply on the following points:

Article 8 of the Convention. List of occupational diseases. The Committee notes that the list of occupational diseases adopted in 1983 under a “self-management agreement” is still in use, but that it shall be replaced by a new list which is currently being prepared for the purpose of harmonizing it with the European legislation. The Committee hopes that the new list will also be in compliance with the list of occupational diseases contained in Schedule I to the Convention, in particular as regards the list of work involving exposure to the risk concerned (items 1–12, and 15 of Schedule I), and that the Government will supply a copy of it, when adopted.

Articles 13 (temporary incapacity benefit), 14 (permanent incapacity benefit) and 18 (survivors’ benefit), (in conjunction with Article 19). The Committee once again asks the Government to supply, with respect to each of the benefits provided by the abovementioned Articles, the statistical information in the manner set out in the report form adopted by the Governing Body under the corresponding titles of Article 19. The Committee trusts that the Government will have no difficulty to determine the reference wages of a skilled manual male employee as defined in Article 19(6)(d) of the Convention, by using for this purpose the average gross wage in the Republic of Slovenia.