Any Member ratifying this Convention undertakes to regularly collect, compile and publish basic labour statistics, which shall, taking into account its resources, progressively extend to the following areas:

(a)

The labour force, employment, unemployment if applicable, and, where possible, visible underemployment;

(b)

The structure and distribution of the working population, in order to be able to carry out in-depth analyses and to obtain data on calage;

(c)

Average earnings and average hours of work (actual hours worked or paid hours) and, where appropriate, the rates of pay on time and the normal length of work;

(d)

Structure and distribution of salaries;

(e)

The cost of labour;

(f)

Consumer price indices;

(g)

Household expenditure or, where appropriate, family expenditure and, where possible, household income or, where appropriate, family income;

(h)

Occupational injuries and, as far as possible, occupational diseases;

(i)

Labour disputes.

When developing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used for the collection, compilation and publication of statistics required under this Convention, Members shall Consideration of the most recent standards and guidelines established under the auspices of the International Labour Organization.

When developing or revising the concepts, definitions and methodology used for the collection, compilation and publication of the statistics required under this Convention, the representative organisations of the Employers and workers, where they exist, must be consulted to ensure that their needs are taken into account and that their cooperation is ensured.

Nothing in this Agreement imposes the obligation to publish or disclose data that would otherwise result in the disclosure of information relating to an individual statistical unit such as a person, household, Establishment or business.

Any Member ratifying this Convention undertakes to communicate to the International Labour Office, as soon as practicable, the statistics compiled and published under the Convention, and information concerning their publication, and In particular:

(a)

Information appropriate to the means of dissemination used (titles and reference numbers in the case of printed publications or equivalent descriptions in the case of data disseminated in any other form);

(b)

The most recent dates or periods for which the various kinds of statistics are available and the dates of their publication or distribution.

Detailed descriptions of the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection and compilation of statistics in accordance with this Agreement shall be:

(a)

Produced and updated to reflect significant changes;

(b)

Communicated to the International Labour Office as soon as practicable;

(c)

Published by the competent national body.

Current statistics on the labour force, employment, unemployment, if any, and, where possible, visible underemployment must be compiled in such a way that they represent the whole country.

In order to be able to carry out in-depth analyses and to have calage data, statistics on the structure and distribution of the labour force must be compiled so that they represent the whole country.

1. Current statistics on average earnings and average hours of work (actual hours worked or paid hours) must be compiled for all major categories of employees and all branches of economic activity And so that they represent the whole country.

2. When appropriate, statistics on the rates of pay in time and the normal duration of work must be compiled for occupations or groups of important occupations in major economic sectors, and How they represent the whole country.

Statistics on the structure and distribution of salaries must be compiled for important economic sectors.

Statistics on labour costs need to be compiled for important economic sectors. These statistics should, if possible, be compatible with the data on employment and duration of work (actual hours worked or paid hours) covering the same field.

Indices of consumer prices must be calculated to measure the temporal variations in the prices of items that are representative of the consumption patterns of significant population groups or of the general population.

Statistics on household expenditure or, where appropriate, family expenditure and, where possible, household income or, where appropriate, family income should be compiled for all categories and Size of private households or families, and so that they represent the country as a whole.

Statistics on occupational injuries should be compiled in such a way that they represent the whole country and, if possible, all branches of economic activity.

2. Statistics on occupational diseases should, as far as possible, be compiled for all branches of economic activity, and in such a way that they represent the whole country.

Labour conflict statistics must be compiled so that they represent the whole country and, if possible, all branches of economic activity.

1. Any Member ratifying this Agreement shall, by virtue of the general obligations under Part I, accept the obligations under the Convention in respect of one or more of the Articles of Part II.

2. Any Member shall specify, in its ratification, the article or articles of Part II for which it accepts the obligations under this Convention.

3. Any Member which has ratified this Convention may subsequently notify the Director General of the International Labour Office that it accepts the obligations under the Convention in respect of one or more of the articles of the Convention II which have not already been specified in its ratification. Such notifications shall have the force of ratification as from the date of their communication.

4. Any Member that has ratified this Agreement shall, in its reports on the application of the Convention under s. 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization ¹ , the state of its legislation and practice in respect of the areas covered by the Articles of Part II for which it has not accepted the obligations under the Convention, specifying the extent to which it has been given effect or is proposed To give effect to the provisions of the Convention in respect of these areas.

1. Any Member may, as a first step, limit the scope of the statistics referred to in the article or articles of Part II for which it has accepted the obligations under this Convention to certain categories of workers, Certain sectors of the economy, certain branches of economic activity or certain geographical regions.

2. Any Member which limits the scope of statistics under s. 1 above is to indicate, in its first report on the application of the Convention under s. 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization ¹ , the article or articles of Part II to which this limitation applies, specifying the nature and the reasons, the progress that may have been made or proposed to be made in its subsequent reports. Other categories of workers, sectors of the economy, branches of economic activity and geographical regions.

After consulting the representative organisations of employers and workers concerned, every Member may, each year, in a declaration communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office within one month after the Date of the initial entry into force of the Convention, bring subsequent limitations to the field of statistics covered by the article or articles of Part II for which it has accepted the obligations arising from the Convention. These returns will take effect one year after being recorded. Any Member which introduces such limitations shall provide, in its reports on the application of the Convention submitted under Art. 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization ² , the details referred to in s. 2 of this article.

This Convention revists the Convention on the Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 ¹ .

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to and registered by the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(1) This Convention shall only bind the Members of the International Labour Organization whose ratification has been registered by the Director General.

2. It shall enter into force twelve months after the ratifications of two Members have been registered by the Director General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall enter into force for each Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.

1. Any Member having ratified this Convention may denounce it at the expiration of a period of ten years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Convention by an act communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office And by registered him. The denunciation shall take effect only one year after being registered.

2. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year of the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall not make use of the right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall be bound For a new period of ten years and thereafter may denounce this Convention at the expiration of each ten-year period under the conditions laid down in this Article.

3. After consulting the representative organisations of employers and interested workers, any Member which has ratified this Convention may, at the end of a period of five years after the date of the initial entry into force of the Agreement, by a declaration communicated to the Director General of the International Labour Office, withdraw its acceptance of the obligations under the Convention in respect of one or more of the articles of Party II, provided that it Maintain its acceptance of these obligations with respect to at least one of these items. This declaration will take effect only one year after being registered.

4. Any Member having ratified this Convention which, within one year after the expiry of the five-year period referred to in par. 3 above, shall not make use of the faculty provided for in that paragraph shall be bound by the articles of Part II by virtue of which it has accepted the obligations under the Convention for a further period of five years and thereafter may Withdraw its acceptance of these obligations at the expiration of each five-year period under the conditions set out in this Article.

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations made available to it by the Members of the Organization.

2. By notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification which has been communicated to it, the Director General shall call the attention of the Members of the Organization on the date on which this Convention enters into force Vigor.

The Director General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the General Secretariat of the United Nations for the purposes of registration, in accordance with art. 102 of the United Nations Charter ¹ , complete information about all ratifications and all acts of denunciation which it has registered in accordance with the previous articles.

Whenever it deems it necessary, the Governing Council of the International Labour Office shall submit to the General Conference a report on the application of this Convention and consider whether it should be included in the agenda of the Conference the question of its total or partial revision.

1. In the event that the Conference adopts a new convention for the total or partial revision of this Convention, and unless the new Convention provides otherwise:

(a)

Ratification by a Member of the new revision agreement would automatically entail, notwithstanding s. 21 above, immediate denunciation of this Convention, provided that the new revision agreement has entered into force;

(b)

From the date of entry into force of the new revision agreement, this Convention shall cease to be open for ratification by Members.

(2) This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its form and content for Members who have ratified it and which do not ratify the revised Convention.

The English and French versions of the text of this Agreement are equally authentic

(Suivent signatures)