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The Committee notes the information given in the Government's report. It further notes the comments made by the Federal Chamber of Labour expressing its concern over the increasing tendency of employers to reduce the scope of collective agreements by withdrawing negotiating mandates and thus increasing the possible use of statutory collective agreements.

The Committee recalls the obligation, according to Article 1 of the Convention, to create or maintain machinery whereby minimum rates of wages can be fixed for workers employed in certain of the trades or parts of trades in which no arrangements exist for the effective regulation of wages by collective agreement or otherwise and wages are exceptionally low. It requests the Government to supply information on the consequences of the withdrawal of negotiating mandates of employers on the fixing of minimum rates of wages.