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The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its comments. It hopes that the next report will include full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the statement in the Government's report that there is no local obligation of vocational qualification for cooks on board ship.

It requests the Government to indicate the number, if any, of privately or publicly owned seagoing vessels registered in French Polynesia which are engaged in the commercial transport of cargo or passengers (Article 1 of the Convention). If there are any such ships, the Committee requests the Government to state the legislative provisions currently in force regarding the certification of cooks on board ships falling within the scope of the Convention (Articles 3 and 4).