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1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report. Noting that the Advisory Labour Commission discussed and adopted decisions on matters of an economic and social nature, such as the minimum wage, the Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the matters covered by the Convention which are addressed by the above Commission during the period covered by the next report. Please also provide information on the procedure adopted and supply a copy of the regulations envisaged under section 16(1) of Decree No. 7/1994 establishing the above Commission.

2. Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee notes the indications provided by the Government that all information and all reports sent to the ILO are prepared after consulting the associations of employers and workers and that the submission to the competent authorities of Conventions and Recommendations and other matters relating to the activities of the International Labour Office are also the subject of consultations with the social partners. The Committee would be grateful to be provided with more detailed information on the consultations to which all the matters set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, have given rise during the period covered by the report, as well as on the frequency of such consultations and any reports or recommendations issued.

3. Article 6. The Committee also notes that, according to the Government, the representative organizations have been consulted on the question of issuing an annual report on the working of the consultation procedures. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the results of the above consultations.