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The Committee takes note of the adoption of a new General System of Social Security in the Health Branch, the structure of which was established by Act No. 100 of 1993 respecting the social security system as amended by Decree No. 1298 of 22 June 1994 and its implementing regulations (Decrees Nos. 1919 and 1938 of 1994). In this regard, the Committee refers to its comments concerning Convention No. 24.

In addition, the Committee hopes that the Government will indicate whether the General System of Social Security in Health has entered into force for agricultural workers, bearing in mind section 703 of Decree No. 1298 according to which employers and workers in agriculture and stock-raising are required to affiliate to the bodies responsible for providing social security services in health where such services are provided in the regions concerned. If this is the case, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide statistics on the coverage of the agricultural sector by the General System of Social Security in Health and to indicate in particular the percentage of workers covered by the Convention who are entitled to services on a contributory basis under the Compulsory Health Plan.