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Article 12, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c)(iv), of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee regrets to note that no progress has yet been achieved in the adoption of the draft new Labour Code which, according to the Government's repeated assurances, should give effect to these provisions of the Convention (the right of inspectors to enter freely workplaces liable to inspection and to take or remove for the purposes of analysis samples of materials and substances used or handled). It trusts that the Government will not fail to take the necessary measures so that the draft Code giving effect to these provisions of the Convention is adopted in the very near future.

Article 13. In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that by virtue of the powers with which he is entrusted, the administrative governor has the right to close workplaces in which workers are exposed to danger. The Committee hopes that the new Code will contain provisions giving inspectors the right to make or have made orders requiring all the necessary measures to safeguard the health and safety of workers.

Article 14. The Committee notes that section 34 of the Labour Code which is currently in force provides for the notification of industrial accidents to the Department of Labour. It hopes that the new Code will also make it obligatory to give notification of occupational diseases. [The Government is asked to supply full particulars to the Conference at its 77th Session.]