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The Committee notes with regret 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:

The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a labour law reform is currently under way in consultation with the employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any possible changes which may be introduced in the implementing legislation (for instance, the possible revision of the US$5,000 limit for the exemption of low-expenditure public contracts from the scope of the Convention).

Part V of the report form. The Committee notes that the Government has submitted information on the practical application of the Convention for the last time in 1987. It would therefore appreciate receiving up-to-date information on the application of the Convention in practice, including copies of recent public contracts containing labour clauses, statistics on the number of public contracts awarded and the average number of workers concerned, extracts from inspection reports and any other particulars which would enable the Committee to evaluate the conformity of national law and practice with the requirements of the Convention.

Finally, the Committee takes this opportunity to refer to its 2008 General Survey on labour clauses in public contracts which contains an overview of public procurement practices and procedures in so far as labour conditions are concerned and makes a global assessment of the impact and present-day relevance of Convention No. 94.

For all useful purposes, the Committee attaches herewith a copy of a Practical Guide, prepared by the Office principally on the basis of the abovementioned General Survey, to help better understand the requirements of the Convention and ultimately improve its application in law.