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With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its latest reports.

1. With regard to the application of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, the Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that it has established minimum wages in the light of a number of macroeconomic indicators and has left it to the social partners to establish wages over the level of the minimum wage and the other related benefits by means of collective bargaining. The Committee requests the Government to supply with its next report texts of collective agreements currently in force which fix wage levels in various sectors of activity, with an indication if possible of the percentage of women covered by these agreements and the distribution of men and women employed at different levels.

2. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, women are increasingly being employed in jobs which were traditionally the reserve of men and occupy positions of responsibility in certain private enterprises and in the public administration. The Committee notes that, at the present time, the Government is not in a position to supply detailed statistics to illustrate this situation and it requests the Government, in collaboration with the organizations of employers and workers, to compile statistics concerning wage rates and related information and to analyse them in order to identify in a more precise manner the nature and scope of existing inequalities and to formulate measures to eliminate them, as recommended in paragraph 248 of the 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration. The Committee would be grateful to receive with the next report copies of such studies and analyses in order to be able to assess the manner in which the principle of equality of remuneration is applied in practice.

3. The Committee notes that Decree No. 41 of 29 December 1990, which was partially amended in 1991 by Decree No. 22, establishes a scale of wages which is applicable to state public services. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the distribution of men and women employed at different levels and the categories in which a large number of women workers are employed.

4. The Committee also requests Government to supply recent information on the measures that have been taken to supervise the application of provisions respecting equal remuneration for work of equal value and, in particular, on the activities of the labour inspection services (violations reported and penalties imposed), as well as on court decisions relating to the Convention.