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The Committee takes note of the Government’s report covering the period 1 July 1999 to 31 May 2005 and the adoption on 18 August 2003 of a new law on the application of the Convention. It would be grateful if the Government would provide more information with regard to the following provisions.

Article 9(2) of the Convention. There is no evidence that statistics of average wage rates actually paid and normal hours of work in force in various establishments are compiled, except for the data on statutory minimum wage rates. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether it is envisaged to take steps to compile such statistics, according to the guidelines contained in Recommendation No. 170, Paragraph 4, or to give the reasons for not compiling them.

Article 11. The Committee repeats its previous request to the Government to communicate information on the structure of average labour costs by economic activity, according to the guidelines contained in Recommendation No. 170, Paragraph 6.

Article 14. Further to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether it considers the possibility of extending the coverage of statistics on occupational injuries and diseases so as to be more representative of the country as a whole.

Article 15. The Committee once again asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of further developments as to the establishment of a system enabling the compilation of statistics relating to strikes under both local and federal jurisdictions.

Article 16. Once again, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the possibility of accepting the obligations of Article 13 and asks it to supply information on any progress made in this respect.