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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that it is the Government's intention to make use of the forthcoming review of the Merchant Marine Code in order to establish the minimum age for skippers, mates and engineers. It hopes that the Government will soon take the necessary measures in this respect in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention.