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With reference to its observation under the Convention, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

Article 7, paragraphs 1,2 and 3, of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement that labour inspectors benefit from further training courses at the African Regional Centre for Labour Administration (CRADAT) and training seminars at the Turin Centre. The Committee is under the impression that Mauritania has not been a member of CRADAT for several years and that its officials no longer receive training there, and that the Turin Centre does not provide training in the field of labour inspection. It requests the Government to indicate the arrangements that have been made or are envisaged to provide labour inspectors with adequate training for the performance of their duties, including both; (a) arrangements for their initial training at the time of appointment to the service; and (b) arrangements for subsequent training. The Committee requests the Government to supply the Office with a copy of Act No. 93.09 of 18 January 1993 respecting the recruitment of public officials.

Article 10 and Article 11, paragraph 1. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the strength of the inspection staff and to give general information concerning the number of inspectors of different categories, including inspectors to whom special or technical functions may be assigned, and particulars of the geographical distribution of the inspection staff.

Article 11, paragraph 2. The Committee noted previously the Government's statement that labour inspectors and supervisors are not reimbursed for travel and incidental expenses, but that the draft conditions of service of the inspectorate would provide for allowances and bonuses in place of the reimbursement of expenses. In its report for 1994, the Government states that labour inspectors benefit from mission expenses, which cover all the expenses arising out of travel. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the practical arrangements made in this respect and to supply the Office with a copy of any text governing this matter.

Article 16. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken to ensure the adequate frequency and thoroughness of inspection visits and asks it to provide more detailed information on the increase in the number of visits which, according to the figures provided in the Government's reports, varied between 226 in 1987 and 2000 in 1993, while the number of establishments subject to labour inspection varied between 228 in 1992 and 1500 in 1994.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee notes that the Government has not supplied any annual report on the activities of the labour inspectorate since the 1987 report, which was incomplete. It recalls that these reports are an essential means of determining how the inspection system functions in practice and whether workplaces are inspected as often and as thoroughly as is necessary. It once again hopes that the Government will transmit to the Office, within the time-limits set out in the Convention, annual reports on the activities of the inspection services and that they will contain all the information required by the Convention.