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Part III of the Convention. The Committee takes note with interest of the first Government's report on the application of the Convention. It notes, in particular, that a new draft regulation respecting the activities of private agencies operating on the employment market is now being developed in the Department of Labour and Social Welfare. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply a copy of the new regulations as soon as they are adopted. It also asks the Government to provide, in its next report, additional information on the following points:

Article 10, subparagraph (b), of the Convention. The Committee notes the provisions of section 539-F of the Federal Labour Act and sections 12 to 14 of the Employment Agencies Regulations of 1982, according to which private employment agencies conducted with a view to profit are subject to the authorization issued by the General Directorate of Employment of the Department of Labour and Social Welfare. Please indicate how effect is given or is proposed to be given to this provision of the Convention, according to which fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit "shall be required to be in a possession of a yearly licence renewable at the discretion of the competent authority".

Point V of the report form. Please supply information regarding the number and nature of the contraventions reported, as soon as such information becomes available, as well as any other particulars bearing on the practical application of the Convention.