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The Committee notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 88-07 of 26 January 1988 concerning health, safety, and occupational medicine. It trusts that the regulations to be issued under section 17 of the Act will be adopted in the near future and will ensure that effect is given to the following provisions of the Convention: Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention (prohibition from employing children and young persons under 18 years of age unless they have been found fit for the work in which they are to be employed); Article 2, paragraphs 2 to 4 (medical examination for fitness for employment to be carried out by a physician approved by the competent authority; definition of the conditions relating to the issuing of the certificate of fitness); Article 3 (medical supervision to be maintained until the age of 18 years); Article 4 (annual medical examinations until the age of 21 years in occupations that involve high health risks); and Article 5 (medical examinations not to involve the child or young person, or his parents in any expense).

The Committee hopes that the next report will contain full information on these points as well as a copy of the above regulations if they have been adopted.