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With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that 13 draft decrees on health and safety have been prepared by the Ministry of Labour and will be submitted to the National Advisory Labour and Social Security Council for its opinion. While noting this indication, the Committee regrets to note that as long ago as 1992 the Government was already referring to a draft decree on safety and health measures which had been forwarded for signature by the President of the Republic and, in its report in 1997, the Government referred to technical problems relating to the finalization of the above decree. The Committee therefore notes with concern that the legislative process commenced in 1992 has never been completed. The Committee is bound once again to express the strongest hope that the legislative process relating to the draft decrees concerned will be completed in the very near future to give effect to the provisions of the Convention, and particularly to Articles 14 and 18 of the Convention concerning suitable seats for workers and measures to be taken to reduce noise and vibration at the workplace, on which the Committee has been commenting for over 20 years. The Committee hopes that the Government’s next report will indicate the progress achieved in this respect.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2006.]