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Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee notes the statement in the annual inspection report for 1992 that section 1 of Decree No.740/TLS of 24 May 1983 is in apparent contradiction with this provision of the Convention. Please provide further particulars on the difficulties encountered as regards the status and conditions of service of the inspection staff and the measures taken or envisaged in this respect.

Articles 7 and 11. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report and in the annual report of the inspection service that there are difficulties in training inspectors and financial inadequacies affecting the proper functioning of the service which the Government should take measures to remedy. Please indicate steps taken or proposed in this regard.

Article 14. The Committee notes the Government's statement that an amendment to the new Labour Code is being drafted to provide for the labour inspectorate to be notified of industrial accidents and cases of occupational disease, even though in practice the inspectorate continues to be notified normally. The Committee hopes the necessary steps will be taken and that the Government will indicate all developments in this regard.

Article 3, paragraph 2, and Articles 10, 11 and 16. The Committee notes the information that the Government will soon be taking measures to remedy the problem of shortage of inspectors, which, when coupled with their duties regarding mediation of individual and collective labour disputes and a considerable number of other additional duties, as indicated in the 1992 annual inspection report, did not permit as many inspection visits as desirable. The Committee recalls that additional duties entrusted to inspectors should not interfere with the effective discharge of their primary duties (Article 3, paragraph 2). In the light of the specific shortcomings and recommendation contained in the annual inspection report, please provide full details of measures taken or envisaged to ensure that the fundamental requirement laid down in Article 16 is fulfilled.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes with interest the annual report on the activities of the labour inspection service for 1992. Please indicate whether this report is published as required by Article 20 bearing in mind paragraph 277 of its 1985 General Survey on Labour Inspection. Please include in future reports statistics of workplaces liable to inspection, inspection visits, violations and penalties imposed, industrial accidents and occupational diseases (Article 21(c),(d),(e),(f) and (g)).