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The Committee notes the Government’s report. It notes with interest that the information provided in response to its previous request indicates that progress has been made in applying the Convention, owing in particular to the alignment of the definitions and methodologies with the relevant European Union regulations. The Committee would be grateful if in its next report the Government would provide additional information on the following points.

1. Consultation with organizations of employers and workers. Article 3 of the Convention. Please indicate the manner in which the organizations of employers and workers are consulted with regard to the methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of the various statistics required under the Convention.

2. Occupational injuries and diseases. Article 14. Please provide information on the compilation of statistics concerning cases of absences from work for a period of one to four days that are not covered by the statistics provided to the International Labour Office. Please continue to provide information on the progress made in establishing a data collection and analysis mechanism for occupational diseases. Please indicate the progress made regarding a new regulation aimed at extending the obligation to notify occupational injuries and diseases to self-employed workers.

3. Industrial disputes. Article 15. Please describe any progress made by the industrial relations service in establishing an information management system comprising a database on industrial disputes.