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The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee recalls its previous comments in which it noted that despite the establishment of the Higher Council of Labour and Employment (CSTE), no minimum wage rates had been fixed in recent years and that the wage levels applied in practice no longer reflected the economic or social realities in the country. In its reply, the Government stated that the CSTE had held its first meeting and had agreed on a draft text setting the guaranteed interoccupational minimum wage (SMIG) at KMF35,000. According to the Government’s last report, the draft text was currently before the competent authorities for signature.

The Committee requests the Government to supply in its next report additional information on the first meeting of the CSTE, including full particulars on the participation, the views expressed by the social partners, the criteria taken into account in fixing the SMIG level, the coverage of the new minimum wage rate as well as any consideration given to the problem of the periodic review or readjustment of the SMIG. The Committee hopes that the decree regarding the determination of the guaranteed interoccupational minimum wage will take effect very shortly and requests the Government to transmit a copy of that text once it has been formally adopted. In addition the Committee asks the Government in its next and subsequent reports to provide information on the practical application of the Convention as required by Article 5 of the Convention and Part V of the report form.

The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.