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The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request which reads as follows:

The Committee noted in its earlier comments the information supplied by the Government on the report of the National Commission entrusted to examine the International Labour Conventions and Recommendations concerning the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. The National Commission recommended to modify section 1, paragraph (c), of the Labour Code of 1 May 1970 to extend the scope of the Code to agricultural workers, or to adopt regulations governing agricultural workers.

Article 4, paragraph 1. The National Commission recommended to adopt a text of law to establish the proportion of wages that may be paid in kind at 50 per cent, and either to modify section 100 of the Labour Code so as to fix the percentage to be paid by the worker in exchange with the supplies provided by the employer or to adopt a decision of the Secretary of the People's General Committee of the Public Service under the said section 100.

Article 8, paragraph 1. The National Commission recommended the adoption of a legislative text providing that deductions from wages shall not exceed 25 per cent of the wage, priority being given to payment of alimony and to the rights of the family.

The Committee notes that, according to the last report of the Government, the technical committee established to prepare replies to the comments of the Committee of Experts confirms the above recommendations by the National Commission, but that the report contains no further information on the progress of actions in pursuance of these recommendations. The Committee recalls that they were already transmitted to different state organs in 1988 for examination. It hopes that concrete actions will soon be taken in this respect, and requests the Government to report any progress made in line with these proposed modifications and to provide copies of relevant legislation, when adopted.

Noting that no information has been provided by the Government regarding Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Committee again requests the Government to take appropriate measures so as to ensure that the commodities and services provided by employers are sold or supplied at fair and reasonable prices and that the works stores and services are not operated for securing a profit.