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The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments and would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information on the following point in its next report.
Article 9 of the Convention. The Committee notes that, in its report, the Government states that the costs of dental care and vaccinations, arising as a result of industrial accidents, are covered by the accident fund, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance in case of occupational accident or disease. It would be grateful if the Government would indicate the provisions of the national legislation which guarantee injured workers the right to medical, surgical and pharmaceutical aid, the costs of which are covered entirely by the employer, accident insurance institutions or sickness or invalidity insurance institutions, without requiring any financial contribution by the insured, in accordance with this provision of the Convention. It requests the Government to provide a copy of the relevant legislative texts in this regard.
Furthermore, the Committee takes this opportunity to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that, in the context of the process of revision of standards, the ILO Governing Body has invited the States parties to Convention No. 17 to examine the possibility of ratifying the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121), taking due account of the flexibility clauses contained in that Convention, and on that occasion to denounce Convention No. 17. The Committee therefore invites the Government to consider the possibility of such ratification with the technical assistance of the ILO, if necessary..