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The Committee notes the explanations provided by the Government in its report.

Article 12 of the Convention. The Committee notes the explanations contained in the Government's report stating that paragraph 2 of this Article is applied in practice. The Committee hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures to bring the legislation into conformity with practice.

With regard to paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article, the Committee noted in its previous comments that the national legislation did not contain provisions restricting the maximum amounts and manner of repayment of advances on wages or prescribing that any advance in excess of these amounts was irrecoverable. The Committee notes in this connection that under section 95(3) of Legislative Decree No. 49-408 the amount that may be deducted from wages is restricted for any single period of payment but that this does not restrict the total amount that could be deducted for several payment periods. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will indicate the measures envisaged with a view to giving effect to these provisions of the above Article.

Article 15. The Committee notes the various legislative texts concerning the employment and training of young persons. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on measures taken in favour of young persons.

The Committee notes that the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP) has made observations concerning the application of this Convention, but that copies of these observations have not been received. Since the content of these observations is not clear from the summary that the Government gives in its report, the Committee requests the Government to transmit copies of them. Regarding the comments on minimum wage fixing, the Committee requests the Government to refer to its comments on Convention No. 131.