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1. The Committee notes the Government’s report submitted in 2007 including reference to the Regulations on the protection of workers in maritime fishing ports adopted on 18 December 2006 (Reg. No. 12/13279), which is not available to the Committee. The Committee also refers to its previous comment requesting the Government to supply copies of all the legal and regulatory texts quoted in its report submitted in 2003. The Committee renews its request to the Government to supply copies of all the legal and regulatory texts quoted in its reports submitted in 2003 and 2007 to enable the Committee to determine the extent to which the Convention is applied in the country.

2. Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee also requests the Government to provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country, including information regarding inspections of activities covered by the Convention and the result of these inspections, and the number and nature of infractions noted.

3. The Committee takes the opportunity to recall that the Governing Body of the ILO has invited parties to Convention No. 32 to consider ratification of Convention No. 152, which revised Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99–101). Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32. The Committee also wishes to bring to the Government’s attention an ILO code of practice in this area, Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. This code of practice is available, inter alia, through the ILO’s web site by following the link, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/
protection/safework/cops/english/index.htm. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any developments in this respect.