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Further to its previous observations, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government and the results of the direct contacts mission conducted in May 1992. The Committee had been drawing the Government's attention for some years to the fact that Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention (possibility for the seafarer of terminating an agreement for an indefinite period in any port where the vessel loads or unloads), Article 12 (determining the circumstances in which the seafarer may demand his immediate discharge) and Article 14, paragraph 2 (right of the seafarer to a certificate) are not reflected in the national legislation. It notes with interest that the Government plans to have a Bill drawn up to deal with matters still pending, and also that the ILO has agreed in principle to the Government's request for technical assistance for a more general revision of the Merchant Marine Code.