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The Committee notes the Government’s report and the replies to its previous comments. It notes in particular, its indication that the new preventive approach to labour inspection has improved the education of both employers and employees. The Government indicates that dialogue between employers and employees has increased and that many consultations have been held in 2000-02. However, despite the Committee’s repeated requests and the Government’s promises, no annual inspection report has been received for many years, precluding any assessment of the practical impact of the new preventive approaches, as no data, such as statistics of violations reported and penalties imposed or statistics of cases of occupational disease, is provided. The Committee once again requests the Government to take all necessary measures to ensure, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, that an annual inspection report containing the information requested under Article 21 is published and transmitted to the ILO.

The Committee also requests the Government to indicate to which organizations of employers and workers the report has been sent and to transmit any comments made by such organizations, in accordance with article 23, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the ILO.