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The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report and would be grateful to receive further information on the following point.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. With regard to the payment abroad of benefits in the event of an industrial accident, the Government refers in its report to a number of bilateral social security agreements which guarantee the principle of equality of treatment. While noting this information, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate in its next report the arrangements, in the absence of a bilateral social security agreement, governing the payment of industrial accident benefits in the event of residence abroad both with regard to Lithuanian nationals and their dependants and the nationals of countries which have ratified Convention No. 19 and their dependants. The Committee recalls that this Convention has currently been ratified by 120 States and that, in case of industrial accidents, it guarantees the payment abroad of periodical payments for the nationals of all the States that have ratified it, on condition that such payments are made by a State in respect of its own nationals. As a consequence, as the group of States which have ratified Convention No. 19 generally exceeds that of the States with which bilateral social security agreements have been concluded, this instrument guarantees the principle of equality of treatment between the nationals of a particular country and the nationals of all the countries that are parties to the Convention. In this respect, the Committee requests the Government to provide statistical data with its next report on the payment of compensation benefits for industrial accidents in the case of residence abroad: (i) in countries that are parties to the Convention with which bilateral agreements have been concluded; and (ii) in countries which, although parties to Convention No. 19, are not bound by a bilateral social security agreement with Lithuania.