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The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in answer to its previous comments.

Article 10 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the 33 inspectors mentioned in the Government's previous report referred to the number of inspectors of the National Occupational Safety and Health Directorate and that in addition 38 inspectors work at the National Labour Inspectorate. The Committee also notes that at present the 23 provinces of Argentina have their own inspection services and that detailed information on each of them is being collected in order to be inserted next year in the annual inspection report to be compiled and published, in accordance with Articles 20 and 21.

The Committee notes the observations made by the Union of United Dock Workers of Argentina of 5 September 1995 referring to the non-compliance with certain legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers. The Committee requests the Government to make such comments as it considers appropriate in this regard, taking into consideration that the primary duty of the labour inspectors is to secure the enforcement of such provisions through sufficiently frequent and thorough visits to workplaces liable to inspection (Articles 3, paragraph 1(a), and 16).