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1. The Committee notes with interest from the information supplied by the Government in its report, that an Executive Agreement is in the process of being issued to modify section 17(b) of the Regulations issued under the Co-operatives Act, to which the Committee referred in previous comments, under which a married woman needs the authorisation of her husband in order to become a member of housing, agricultural or family vegetable garden co-operative. The amendment will provide that married women need no authorisation whatsoever in order to become members of the above-mentioned co-operatives.

The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on this matter and to send a copy of the Agreement once it has been adopted.

2. The Committee also notes with interest that the Ministry of Labour has prepared a draft Legislative Decree which will be submitted to the National Congress, to amend provisions referred to in the Committee's previous comments, namely, section 12 of the Commercial Code, under which married women need the authorisation of their husbands in order to exercise a commercial activity, and sections 66, 80 and 105 of the same Code which prohibit single and married women from entering the stock-market or becoming stockbrokers or public auctioneers.

The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the Legislative Decree once it has been promulgated.