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The Committee notes the Government's reports and the Labour Code adopted in 1966.

The Committee notes that under section 3 of the Labour Code, government officials and municipal officials are excluded from the application of the Code. The Committee recalls that a distinction must be drawn between, on the one hand, public servants who by their functions are directly employed in the administration of the State who may be excluded from the scope of the Convention and, on the other hand, all other persons employed by the Government, by public enterprises or by autonomous public institutions, who should benefit from the guarantees provided for in the Convention (see Freedom of association and collective bargaining, General Survey, International Labour Conference, 81st Session, 1994, Report III (Part 4B), paragraph 200).

The Committee asks the Government to indicate in its next report how government officials and municipal officials not directly employed in the administration of the State can legally benefit from the guarantees provided for in the Convention, and to communicate any legal provisions extending the application of the Convention to those workers.

On the general level, the Committee also asks the Government to give information on the number of collective agreements concluded or in force, the number of workers and the type of professional sectors covered, and all other relevant information on the application, in practice, of the Convention.