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The Committee notes the Government’s replies to its previous comments and the Government’s reports on this Convention as well as the information supplied on the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129). The Committee also takes note of the additional information supplied by other government sources concerning the far-reaching changes in labour administration with a view to the country’s forthcoming accession to the European Union and its implications for the organization and functioning of the labour inspectorate.

The Committee notes that profound changes in institutions and the labour law are under way or will be implemented in the near future in order to align them with European directives. The Committee notes with particular interest measures such as the strengthening and further training of inspection staff; the installation of an efficient computer system to which all labour inspectors ought to have access; and the strengthening of the labour courts, in particular by the training of labour court judges. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information giving an up-to-date picture of developments in the labour inspection system in terms of institutions and their working, and human and material resources, in response to each question of the report form on the Convention under Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18 and 19 of the Convention, and to the questions under Parts I, II, III and IV of the report form. The Government is also requested to provide a copy of any legislation in force which gives effect to each of the abovementioned provisions and to those of Article 12.

Lastly, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to give effect to Article 20, which requires the central labour inspection authority to publish and send to the Office an annual report on the work of the inspection services under its control, and Article 21, which lists the subjects to be dealt with in the annual report.