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Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee refers to its previous comments concerning the incompatibility of this provision of the Convention, which provides that the identity document shall remain in the seafarer's possession at all times, with "recommendation" No. 9 (contained in the back pages of the seafarer's passport), which lays down that the passport shall be kept by the master or any other officer of the vessel during the seafarer's period of engagement, and with the identical provision laid down in section 25 of Decree No. 45969. The Committee notes the Government's statement in its report that seafarer's passports are in fact only given to the master when the authorities come on board when the vessel arrives in port, and that they are then given back to the seafarers for the landing. In these circumstances, the Committee hopes that the Government, with a view to harmonising law and practice, will take measures in the near future to abolish the provision laid down by section 25 of Decree No. 45969 and "recommendation" No. 9.

Article 6. The Committee hopes that the Government will soon transmit to the International Labour Office the regulations issued by the National Directorate of Inspection and the Directorate of Emigration and Frontiers (DEFA) with regard to the application of this Article.