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The Committee notes the schedule of occupational diseases established by the Order of 10 January 1995 and communicated by the Government in its last report. In this respect, the Committee notes that the various pathological symptoms which appear in the column of the abovementioned schedule entitled “Description of disease” seem, as opposed to the schedule currently in effect, to be of a restrictive nature. The schedule of occupational diseases previously in effect established an indicative list, in so far as it included, at the end of each of the lists of diseases caused by different pathological factors, all the morbid symptoms that may be linked to contact with the substance in question. The Committee recalls that the Convention does not contain a restrictive list of symptoms likely to be caused by the different retained substances, but one that it is, on the contrary, drawn up in very general terms. In this way, the Convention covers all possible pathological symptoms, including those which are atypical or new and which may appear following poisoning or the action of the retained substances. The Committee therefore invites the Government to provide detailed information on this matter in its next report.