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The Committee notes with interest the report from the Government for the period ending in June 1999 which contains detailed information in reply to its previous direct request. The Committee particularly notes that, taking account of its earlier comments, the Government has consulted with the representative organizations, especially the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP) and the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP), on the form which consultation procedures should take. Recalling that, in its last General Survey concerning the Convention and Recommendation No. 152, it stated that it would be clearly contrary to the aims of the Convention to interpret Article 2(2) of the Convention as excluding any possibility of re-examining existing procedures (paragraph 71), the Committee also noted a general agreement, during the preparatory work for the adoption of the Convention and Recommendation, on the fact that the consultations envisaged encompassed those which took place in writing (paragraph 52), and that, at all events, the very flexible wording of the Convention leaves considerable latitude to the Members with regard to the choice of consultations procedures (paragraph 53). The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply detailed information in its next reports on the consultations held on the questions covered by the Convention.