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The Committee notes the Government's report and recalls that in its previous comments it requested the Government to provide information on how collective bargaining is conducted in practice in the case of civilian personnel of the armed forces appointed under a private work contract.

The Committee duly notes the Government's observations to the effect that civilian public servants working for the Military Administration negotiate through the Public Service Negotiating Bureau established by section 30 et seq. of Act No. 9/1987, and that staff working in the service of the Military Administration have the negotiating systems recognized in Title III of the Workers Regulations (Act No. 8/1980 of 10 March), concerning the establishment of working and social conditions through collective agreements, the latest of which was published in the Resolution of 23 June 1992, the year in which its initial validity was extended.

The Committee asks the Government to provide the texts of any collective agreements concluded by civilian public employees in the service of the Military Administration.