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The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report and the documents attached to the report. It notes in particular the enactment of Act No. 99-041 of 12 August 1999 issuing the Social Security Code, and wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the following point.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Payment abroad of occupational accident compensation. The Committee notes that the Social Security Code adopted in 1999 has not amended the occupational accident compensation scheme that applied formerly to foreign workers and their dependants who no longer reside in the monetary area to which Mali belongs. The Committee further notes that, according to the Government, the payment of occupational accident compensation to Malian nationals or their dependents who reside abroad is governed by social security agreements, such as the ones Mali has signed with France, Togo, Senegal and Burkina Faso. The Committee understands that these special arrangements for the transfer of benefits that Mali has with certain countries likewise apply, on the same terms, to all foreign workers who are nationals of a State that has ratified the Convention and to their dependants. It would be grateful if the Government would state in its next report whether this is so, and would provide a copy of the bilateral social security agreements referred to above. Please also provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice specifying, if current statistics allow, the number of foreign workers employed in Mali, the number of occupational accidents suffered by such workers and, should needs be, the amount of any benefits transferred to them or their dependants in the event of residence abroad.