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Articles 1, paragraph 2, and 9, paragraph 3, of the Convention. Adequate training and further training in the course of employment for labour inspectors. The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains information on the training followed by labour inspectors in the context of the PHARE project aimed at reinforcing the administrative capacities of the labour inspectorate in the area of labour relations, but makes no reference to separate training aimed specifically at the monitoring of conditions of work in agriculture. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether enterprises in the agri-food industry are covered under the present Convention and supply detailed information on the specific training activities intended for inspectors who perform their duties in agriculture (content, duration, frequency, number of participants), particularly with regard to the protection of workers likely to be exposed to risks arising from the use of chemicals, complex agricultural plant or machinery.

Article 6, paragraph 2. Inspection activities relating to the living conditions of workers and their families. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether national laws or regulations give labour inspectors advisory or enforcement functions relating to the application of the legal provisions with respect to the living condition of workers in agriculture and their families and, if so, to provide information on the discharge of these duties in practice and also their results.

Article 27. Content of the annual report on the work of labour inspection in agriculture. The Committee notes with interest that the general annual report on the activities of the labour inspection service has contained, since 2005, separate information concerning agriculture, such as enforcement activities conducted in relation to occupational safety and health and their results (undertakings inspected, workers concerned, penalties imposed for contraventions, etc.), the number of men and women inspectors and also statistics on inspections, units inspected and cases of occupational disease. The Committee hopes that the Government will ensure that, as prescribed by Article 27(f) and (g), statistics on occupational accidents in agriculture and also, as in the annual report for 2005, information on the causes of occupational disease are also included in the next annual activity report.