CMNT_TITLE

The Committee notes the Government's report and the information communicated by the Government in response to the Committee's previous comments. It also notes the legislative texts referred to in the reports and appended to the report. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

1. Articles 9, paragraph 3, and 14 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided in this regard in the Government's report relative to Convention No. 81 concerning the application of Articles 7 and 10. With reference to its comments in respect of Convention No. 81, the Committee requests the Government to specify in its next report the duration as well as the programmes of the training seminars and workshops intended for labour inspectors who are responsible for inspecting the agricultural sector and to provide information in respect of any developments registered with regard to labour inspectors and the inspection visits in agricultural enterprises.

2. Articles 15 and 21. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report for Convention No. 81 relative to the application of Article 11. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information in respect of the practical impact expected from the decentralization of the labour services on the implementation of measures designed to ensure that agricultural enterprises which require inspection are inspected as frequently and thoroughly as is necessary to ensure the effective application of the relevant legislative provisions and whether the allowances paid to labour inspectors under Decree No. 95-395 of 29 September 1995 respecting the statute of public officials in the labour administration services cover, by whatever means, the travelling expenses incurred by labour inspectors in agriculture, in particular for the performance of their duties and, if so, to specify whether the allowances paid are fixed allowances or whether they vary according to the real expenditure incurred in this regard. Where travelling or incidental expenses are not covered by the above allowances, the Government is requested to provide information with regard to the manner in which it defines travelling expenses which may be reimbursed upon receipt of a travelling expense claim form from labour inspectors in the agricultural sector.

3. Articles 26 and 27. The Committee notes with interest the labour statistics report for 1993 and the quarterly report of the activities of the Regional Department for Employment, Labour and Social Security for Central-West Burkina Faso (April, May and June 1997). Nevertheless, the Committee requests the Government to refer in this regard, to its comments relative to Article 20 and 21 of Convention No. 81.