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Article 29 of the Convention. Review of periodical benefits currently payable. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information concerning increases of pension benefits in relation to the general level of earnings and the cost-of-living index corresponding to the 2001–05 period. It notes in particular that during that period the cost-of-living index was 61.71 per cent, while the index of earnings and the revised amount of cash benefits were 35.69 per cent and 26.89 per cent, respectively. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will adopt the necessary measures to revise the amount of cash benefits, at least up to the level of the index of earnings. It requests the Government to supply in its next report the statistical information required under article 29 of the report form. The Committee further requests the Government to provide information on the observations made by the Inter-Union Assembly of Workers–National Convention of Workers (PIT–CNT).

The Committee is raising a number of other matters in a direct request to the Government.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2009.]