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C) (Partial) Form for the submission of reports under the European Social Charter
for the reports to be submitted in pursuance of the European Social Charter Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 November 1999 and amended by the Committee of Ministers on 17 January 2001 FORM FOR REPORTS (To be completed in English or in French) For the period...............................to............................... made by the Government of...............................in accordance with Article 21 of the European Social Charter, on the measures taken to give effect to the accepted provisions of the European Social Charter, the instrument of ratification or approval of which was deposited on............................... This report also covers the application of such provisions in the following non-metropolitan territories to which, in conformity with Article 34, they have been declared applicable:.............. In accordance with Article 23 of the Charter, copies of this report have been communicated to...............................3 The reports drawn up on the basis of this Form should give, for each accepted provision of the European Social Charter, any useful information on measures adopted to ensure its application, mentioning in particular: 1. any laws or regulations, collective agreements or other provisions that contribute to such application; 2. any judicial decisions on questions of principle relating to these provisions; 3. any factual information enabling an evaluation of the extent to which these............................... provisions are applied; this concerns particularly questions specified in this Form. The Contracting Parties' reports should be accompanied by the principal laws and regulations on which the application of the accepted provisions of the Charter is based. These may be sent in their original language and translation in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe may be asked for in exceptional circumstances. The replies of the governments should, wherever appropriate, specify explicitly: a. whether they are only concerned with the situation of nationals or whether they apply equally to the nationals of the other Contracting Parties (see Appendix to the Charter, points 1 and 2); b. whether they are valid for the national territory in its entirety, including the non-metropolitan territories if any to which the Charter applies by virtue of Article 34; c. whether they apply to all categories of persons included in the scope of the provision. The Form indicates for each Article and paragraph those cases in which a state bound by obligations under certain International Labour Conventions may find it sufficient to supply a copy of the relevant reports submitted to the ILO on the application of these conventions in so far as the latter cover the same field of application as the relevant provision of the Charter. The information required, especially statistics, should, unless otherwise stated, be supplied for the period covered by the report. Where statistics are requested for any provision, it is understood that, if complete statistics are lacking, governments may supply data or estimates based on ad hoc studies, specialised or sample surveys, or other scientifically valid methods, whenever they consider the information so collected to be useful. 2. Due to space constraints only part of the form is printed here. A complete version of the form may be found at: 3. www. Please state whether you have received any observations from these national organisations of employers and workers, and supply those they have asked you to transmit. The information provided would be usefully supplemented by your communicating a summary of all other observations, to which you might add any comments that you consider useful.
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