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The Committee notes that the agreement by the National Interest Reconciliation Council on minimum wage, as well as the government decree based on this agreement, included a separate provision which provided that the compulsory amount of the national minimum wage is introduced with a few months' delay compared to other sectoral minimum wages. The period of delay is regressive -- while it was ten months in 1993, it was only five months in 1997.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form, information on the effect given in practice to the Convention in the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors, for instance: (i) the minimum wage rates in force; (ii) the available statistical data on the number and various categories of workers covered by minimum wage regulations; and (iii) the results of the inspections carried out (e.g. the number of the violations reported concerning minimum wage provisions, the sanctions imposed, etc.).