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The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It notes however, from the report supplied by the Government for the period ending 31 May 1998, that no new measure affecting the application of the Convention has been taken and that the Government wishes the Committee to refer to its previous report of 1997. In this situation, the Committee is bound to repeat its previous observation hoping that the Government’s next report will contain full information on the following points:

Article 4 (branch (g)) (employment injury benefit).  Section 27 of Act No. 65-66 of 24 June 1965 on industrial accident compensation should be supplemented by an express provision that in the case of a victim of an occupational injury who was a national of a State which has accepted the obligations of the Convention concerning employment injury, his dependants (survivors), even if they were resident abroad at the time of the victim’s death and continue to reside abroad, shall receive survivors’ benefits, if it is proved that they were actually dependent at the time of his death.

Article 5 (branch (e)) (old-age benefit).  The national legislation should be amended to provide for payment of old-age benefit in case of residence abroad, both to nationals of the Central African Republic and to nationals of any other member State that has accepted the obligations of the Convention concerning branch (e).

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.