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In response to its  general observation of 2000, concerning the ratification of the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160), the Committee notes the indication that the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which is the competent body for the compilation of national statistics, has not yet taken a position on this issue. It would be grateful if the Government would provide information on any further developments in this regard.

The Committee notes with interest that the system of wages statistics continues to provide monthly nominal and real indices of employees’ wages and salaries and the labour costs of employers, both variables being measured per hour paid for, by occupational group (in accordance with the International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO, 1988) and branch of economic activity (according to ISIC, Rev. 2). It also provides average monthly wages, salaries and labour costs in absolute figures, established according to the same classifications. Moreover, the Committee notes that these statistics, as well as those presented in the form of indices, absolute figures and metadata, are now published regularly and made available on the INE’s web site.

The Committee also notes that detailed methodological information is provided in the publication attached to the Government’s report. It further notes that statistics of the average monthly earnings of employees by economic activity and average monthly labour costs in manufacturing are also provided regularly for publication in the ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics and dissemination on line, while monthly indices of hourly earnings, for which the most recent data refer to October 2004, are published in the ILO Bulletin of Labour Statistics.

The Committee notes that: (a) monthly statistics of average earnings and labour cost per hour paid for, in the form of indices and absolute figures, by branch of economic activity and occupational group, continue to be compiled from the wage statistics system and fulfil the basic requirements of Part II of the Convention; and (b) statistics of time rates of wages and normal hours of work (Part III) are not compiled, and that agriculture (Part IV) is excluded from the scope of the survey. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue reporting any progress achieved on these points.