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The Committee notes the statistical information on the adjustment of old-age benefits supplied by the Government with its fifth report on the application of the European Code of Social Security (Article 28 in conjunction with Article 65, paragraph 10, of the Convention).

Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to supply additional information on the following points.

1. Part VII (Family Benefit), Article 44. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply the following statistical data required by the report form on this Convention under Article 44:

(a)total number of children of all persons protected (or total number of children of all residents);

(b)wage of an ordinary adult male labourer (and not of a skilled male manual worker) determined in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 4, of the Convention;

(c)total value of family allowances (in cash and in kind) paid during the period covered by the report in respect of dependent children only.

2. Part VIII (Maternity Benefit), Article 49. In its fifth report on the application of the European Code of Social Security, the Government refers to beneficiaries sharing in the cost of hospitalisation in the event of maternity, which is not authorised by this provision of the Convention. The Committee, however, believes that this cost-sharing has been abolished since 1 July 1989 following the adoption of Legislative Decree No. 111 of 25 March 1989 (section 7(2) of the Legislative Decree). It would be grateful if the Government would confirm that this is indeed the case in its next report.