Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2006, publiée 96ème session CIT (2007)

The Committee notes with regret for the seventh year in succession 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, reiterated since 1999, which read as follows:

Legislation. As the only mention of legislation in the report is the reference to Law No. 1391-XII “On State Statistics” in connection with confidentiality, the Committee requests the Government to provide a list of the laws and regulations which apply the provisions of the Convention.

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to indicate which of the international standards were taken into account when designing the concepts and methodology for the collection and publication of the statistics covered by Articles 8 to 10 of the Convention. It notes that the National Statistical Committee is engaged in a reform of the official statistics, in line with the international guidelines, and asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of the developments and the implementation of this reform.

Article 3. As there is no information about consultation with representative organizations of employers and workers the Committee requests the Government to indicate if these organizations have been or are consulted when developing and/or improving the statistical infrastructure and when revising concepts and methodology, as well as at which stage of the statistical and technical process the consultations took (take) place with regard to the statistics covered by the Convention.

Article 7. Although employment data are classified according to the United Nations classification, ISIC-Rev. 3, the Committee asks the Government to indicate whether it follows the ILO International Standard Occupational Classification (ISCO-88) and/or the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-1993) (in accordance with Article 2).

Noting that no methodological information has been made available to the ILO, the Committee draws the attention of the Government to the obligations under Article 6 to communicate such information to the Office.

Article 8. As no information is available at the Office on the next population census, if one is planned, the Committee asks the Government to indicate whether, and if so when, such a census is foreseen.

Articles 9 and 10. The Committee notes that these Articles are substantially applied. It however requests the Government: (i) to publish the relevant statistics and to communicate to the ILO, as soon as practicable, the published statistics and, in particular, the titles and reference numbers of printed publications or the equivalent descriptions or reports in the case of data disseminated in other forms (in accordance with Article 5); (ii) to communicate to the ILO the most recent dates and periods for which the different types of statistics are available (also in accordance with Article 5); and (iii) to produce and communicate to the ILO detailed descriptions of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in collecting and compiling the statistics (in accordance with Article 6).

Article 16. The Committee notes the information in respect of Articles 11 to 15, obligations under which have not been accepted. It is for the purpose of clarifying the extent to which effect is already given to them that the Committee is making the following remarks on some of these Articles.

Article 11. The Committee notes that statistics of average labour cost seem to have been compiled since 1994, providing data on the level and structure of labour cost. However, the breakdown by economic activity does not appear to be available. No methodological information is available either. The Committee encourages the Government to send to the ILO information concerning the publication of these statistics together with any available methodological information.

Article 12. The Committee encourages the Government to supply regularly all items and food groups monthly indices to the ILO and to provide the ILO with the relevant publications. It asks the Government to keep the ILO informed of any future developments in the field of CPI.

Article 13. The Committee encourages the Government to communicate to the ILO the results of the annual household income and expenditure survey together with a detailed description of the sources, concepts, definition and methodology used in collecting and compiling household income and expenditure statistics, if available.

It also requests the Government to keep the ILO informed of any future developments in the field of household income and expenditure statistics as there are some indications that the survey will be extended.

Article 14. The Committee encourages the Government to communicate to the ILO the relevant publications and reports concerning statistics of occupational injuries and occupational diseases.

Article 15. In accordance with Article 16, paragraph 4, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the law and practice on the statistics covered by Article 15 (statistics of strikes and lockouts) and any development concerning the extent to which effect is given to it, and to supply any available statistics and the relevant methodological information.

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