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1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government in its report concerning, in particular, the suspension of unemployment benefit (Part IV (Unemployment Benefit), Article 24 (in conjunction with Article 69 of the Convention)), and the financing of benefits (Part XII (Common Provisions), Article 71, paragraph 2 of the Convention).

2. Part II (Medical Care), Article 10, paragraphs 1(b), and Part VIII (Maternity Benefit), Article 49, paragraph 2, of the Convention. With reference to the Committee's previous comments concerning personal contributions by beneficiaries to the cost of care during their confinement when such care is provided, on medical advice, in a hospital or special maternity home, the Government states that within the intended reform of the medical insurance system the abolition of personal contributions for maternity care will be promoted. The Committee notes this statement with interest. It expresses the hope that the necessary measures will be adopted in the near future so as to ensure full application of the aforementioned provisions of the Convention, which do not authorise direct contributions by beneficiaries in the cost of medical care, with the exception of pharmaceutical supplies, in cases of pregnancy and confinement and their consequences.

3. Please also supply the text of the Act of 14 December 1967 on compensation for exceptional medical expenses, last amended on 20 December 1989 (consolidated text issued on 23 April 1990) as well as, if possible, an English version thereof.