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Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention. By virtue of section 1 of Decree No. 19970, the activities covered by public contracts which have to contain labour clauses are the activities of construction, earth-moving and the transport of materials. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to insert labour clauses into public contracts covering the other types of activity set out in Article 1, paragraph 1(c), (ii) and (iii) of the Convention.

Article 1, paragraph 4. Section 1 of the above Decree lays down that public contracts of which the value is not less than an amount to be determined annually by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, taking into account the views of the Ministries of Finance, Labour and Social Security, shall contain labour clauses. The Committee requests the Government to indicate how consultation with the organisations of employers and workers concerned is organised for the fixing of this amount and to indicate the amounts that are fixed.

Article 2, paragraph 3. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the organisations of employers and workers concerned were consulted when the above Decree was adopted regarding the terms of the labour clauses to be included in labour contracts.

Article 5, paragraph 1. The Committee notes that, by virtue of section 5 of the above Decree, sanctions shall be applied for failure to observe the labour clauses in public contracts. It requests the Government to indicate the sanctions laid down in this case.

Part V of the report form. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to supply information on the number of public contracts and the number of workers covered by them.