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The Committee has noted the brief report communicated by the Government for the period ending 31 May 1997 and 1 September 1999. It notes with regret that no annual report on the activities of the labour inspectorate has been submitted since the one relating to 1994. Noting the inadequate information provided in reply to its previous comments, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would supplement it with specific statistical data on the following points.

Article 7 of the Convention. Please indicate whether specific training is provided at the National School of Administration for the occupation of labour inspector. If not, indicate the measures taken to ensure that labour inspectors currently in post can be replaced when they retire in the immediate or near future.

Articles 11 and 16. Please indicate the financial amount allocated specifically to labour inspection services within the global amount of 300 million CFA francs allocated to the directorates of employment, the civil service and social welfare in general and specify how this amount has been used for improving the effectiveness of the inspection services, particularly for increasing the number of inspections to establishments controlled by these services.

Article 10. Please indicate the number and geographical distribution of labour inspectors performing the duties set out in Article 3 under the conditions laid down in Articles 12 and 16.

Article 14. Please provide information on the means which have been employed so that occupational medicine fully plays its role and indicate progress made in recording and declaring industrial accidents and occupational diseases throughout the territory since the medical inspection service was set up as a central directorate within the Ministry.

Articles 20 and 21. Please supply information on the measures announced by the Government for implementing these two important provisions of the Convention and submit as soon as possible annual reports on the activities of the labour inspection services containing information on each of the matters listed in Article 21.