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1. With reference to its observation, the Committee hopes that the draft regulations respecting compensation for employment injury, envisaged under section 58 of Act No. 18/90 on the social insurance system, will be adopted in the near future and that they will give full effect to the Convention. In this respect, it wishes to draw the Government's attention to the following points.

Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee recalls that, under this provision of the Convention, apprentices are entitled to compensation in the event of employment injury. In these conditions, the Committee hopes that the above regulations will also cover apprentices, who are not explicitly mentioned in section 4 of Act No. 18/90 on the social insurance system.

Article 2, paragraph 2(a). In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government indicates that Act No. 18/90 on the social insurance system is being progressively applied and that no workers are excluded from its scope. In these conditions, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would state in its next report whether the abovementioned Act No. 18/90 has been extended to casual workers. In this respect, the Committee recalls that only persons whose employment is of a casual nature and who are employed otherwise than for the purpose of the employer's trade or business may be excluded from the employment injury scheme. It hopes that the Government will be able to take into account the above comments in the adoption of the regulations respecting compensation for employment injury.

2. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide fuller information in its next report on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, and particularly statistical information, in accordance with Part V of the report form.