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The Committee notes the Government’s report and the useful information that it contains in reply to its previous requests. Also referring to its comments on the application of Convention No. 81, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information in its next report on the following points.

1. Labour inspection and conditions of life of workers and their families. The Committee notes the legislative provisions relating to housing and nutrition conditions which labour inspectors are responsible for enforcing in agriculture. It requests the Government to indicate whether labour inspectors in agriculture also fulfil advisory or enforcement functions regarding legal provisions relating to other aspects of the conditions of life of workers and their families, in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

2. Training of labour inspectors in agriculture. Please indicate the measures adopted to provide appropriate initial and further training for labour inspectors in agriculture (Article 9, paragraph 3).

3. Conditions of access of labour inspectors to the private homes of agricultural operators. The Committee notes the provisions of section 32 of Act No. 25877 which give effect to Article 16, paragraph 1, of the Convention with regard, in particular, to the power of inspectors to enter freely and without previous notice any workplace liable to inspection. It requests the Government to indicate whether measures have also been adopted or are envisaged to ensure that inspectors can only enter the private home of the operator of an agricultural undertaking with her or his consent or with a special authorization issued by the competent authority, in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

4. Annual report of the labour inspection services in agriculture. The Committee notes the Government’s belief that the forthcoming establishment of the Single Register of Inspections, Infringements and Penalties (RUIIS) should facilitate the preparation of the annual report. It hopes that, in accordance with Article 26 of the Convention, the Integrated Labour and Social Security Inspection System will soon be in a position to publish and transmit to the ILO an annual report on the work of the labour inspection services in agriculture, either in the form of a separate report, or as part of its annual general report, and that this report will cover the subjects set out in Article 27 of the Convention.