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With reference to its observation on the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points:

1. The Committee notes the Government's statement that a national campaign for the prevention of occupational risks in agriculture was conducted between June 1995 and May 1997. It requests the Government to provide detailed information on the situation encountered and the lessons learned from this campaign, including with regard to the use of dangerous substances.

2. Article 18, paragraph 4. In reply to its previous comments on the application of this provision, under which the defects noted by the inspector when visiting an undertaking shall be immediately made known to the representatives of the workers, the Government states that instructions are set out in a draft amendment to Legislative Decree No. 441/91 of 14 November 1991 that, irrespective of the sector, representatives of the workers shall be notified during the inspection visit. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether such a procedure is applied in practice and, if not, to provide full information on the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to give effect to this provision.

3. Articles 26 and 27. The Committee notes the transmission of copies of the annual inspection reports for 1996 and 1997 and observes that these reports do not contain the information required by Article 27(g) concerning statistics of occupational diseases. It hopes that such information will be provided in future annual reports. The Government is also requested to provide information in its next report on the manner in which effect is given to Article 26, paragraph 2, with regard to the period within which such reports are published, and to indicate in particular the measures taken to ensure that they are available to the parties concerned.