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The Committee notes the Government's report for the period from 1 July 1995 to 31 May 1997 as well as the adoption of Joint Resolution No. 2/96 of the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, dated 18 December 1996. The Committee notes with interest that this resolution includes the Director of the Inspection and Protection of Labour of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Cuba among the authorities that shall be mandatorily informed of cases of occupational disease.

The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report information on the following points:

Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to provide information enabling it to compare the average annual salary of labour inspectors with that of public officials and the average annual wage in Cuba.

Article 8. Please indicate the percentage of women appointed to the inspection staff in general and to each of the levels indicated in the annual report of the National Labour Inspection (municipal inspectors, provincial supervisors, national supervisors) in particular.

Article 9. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged in order to secure that qualified technical experts and specialists are associated in the work of the labour inspection.

Article 10. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the actual number of labour inspectors and their distribution among the capital and particular regions.

Article 11. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the geographical distribution of cars and other means of transport furnished to labour inspectors in relation to the number of inspectors.

Article 15. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the practical application of Article 15, paragraph (a) of the Convention and, in particular, the criteria and the procedure for its enforcement.

Article 16. The Committee notes that according to the annual report of the National Labour Inspection 1,455,681 inspection visits took place during 1996. The Committee asks the Government to indicate: (i) the total number of workplaces liable to inspection; (ii) the number of initial and second inspection visits made and the number of workplaces inspected during the latest reporting period; and (iii) the usual period between two consecutive planned inspections at each single workplace.

Article 20. The Committee notes the copy of the annual report of the National Labour Inspection for 1996. The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether this report was officially published and what is the procedure for access to such report by an interested party.

Article 21. The Committee notes that the annual report of the National Labour Inspection for 1996 contains information about industrial accidents in 1996. The Committee hopes that the next annual report of the National Labour Inspection will contain information on the number of industrial accidents not only in comparison with the previous period, but also in absolute figures.