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The Committee notes the Government’s report and attached documentation. The Committee has been requesting the Government for a number of years to indicate how it is ensured in law and in practice that the workers engaged in the execution of public contracts are kept informed of the content of the labour clauses applicable to them. The Government was also asked to specify whether the Ministerial Order referred to in section 9 of Decree No. 93-011 of 10 January 1993 on public contracts regulations has been issued with a view to determining the manner in which the labour clauses are to be brought to the knowledge of the workers concerned. In the absence of any concrete reply on this point, the Committee is bound to draw the Government’s attention once again to Article 4(a)(iii) of the Convention which provides that the implementing legislation must require the posting of notices in conspicuous places at the establishments and workplaces concerned with a view to giving sufficient publicity to the wage and other conditions of work applicable to workers. It therefore asks the Government to take appropriate action in the very near future and to indicate in its next report any progress achieved in this regard.

In addition, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning the number and total value of contracts carried out by the Mauritanian Agency for Public Works and Employment (AMEXTIPE) in the first half of 2004. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide all available information on the practical application of the Convention, including copies of public contracts containing labour clauses, statistics on public procurement and the average number of workers concerned, and any other particulars which would enable the Committee to evaluate the conformity of national law and practice with the requirements of the Convention.