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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. Parts II and VI of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living – education and training. The Committee notes that Malta became a Member State of the European Union in 2004 and that, under its National Action Plan for Employment, the specific priorities to be implemented are the following: increasing the adaptability of workers and enterprises; attracting more people to the labour market; and investing more and more effectively in human capital and lifelong learning. It hopes that the next report on the application of the Convention will contain practical information dealing with economic and social development in Malta, including updated data illustrating that the improvement of standards of living has been regarded as the principal objective in the planning of economic development.

2. Part III. Migrant workers. In reply to previous comments, the Committee notes with interest the information contained in the Government’s report received in August 2003, referring to the provisions of Legal Notice 430 of 2002 by which the conditions of work which are given to posted employees who are authorized to work in Malta shall not be less than the minimum conditions of work given to a comparable employee by virtue of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, 2002, regulating the class of employment of the posted employee in the same place of work. All posted employees shall be entitled to receive equality of treatment as comparable Maltese employees and, in particular, they shall have equal access to employment rights and health and safety rights under Maltese law. The Government also states that no restrictions are made on the transfers of wages and savings of migrant workers. Please continue to report on migration policy measures taken in relation with Articles 6–9 of the Convention.