) apart from bringing the Recommendation before the said competent authority or authorities, no further obligation shall rest upon the Members, except that they shall report to the Director-General of the International Labour Office, at appropriate intervals as requested by the Governing Body, the position of the law and practice in their country in regard to the matters dealt with in the Recommendation, showing the extent to which effect has been given, or is proposed to be given, to the provisions of the Recommendation and such modifications of these provisions as it has been found or may be found necessary to make in adopting or applying them.
7. In the case of a federal State, the following provisions shall apply:
a) in respect of Conventions and Recommendations which the federal government regards as appropriate under its constitutional system for federal action, the obligations of the federal State shall be the same as those of Members which are not federal States;
b) in respect of Conventions and Recommendations which the federal government regards as appropriate under its constitutional system, in whole or in part, for action by the constituent states, provinces, or cantons rather than for federal action, the federal government shall -
i) make, in accordance with its Constitution and the
Constitutions of the states, provinces or cantons concerned,
effective arrangements for the reference of such Conventions
and Recommendations not later than 18 months from the closing
of the session of the Conference to the appropriate federal,
state, provincial or cantonal authorities for the enactment of
legislation or other action;
ii) arrange, subject to the concurrence of the state,
provincial or cantonal governments concerned, for periodical
consultations between the federal and the state, provincial or
cantonal authorities with a view to promoting within the
federal State coordinated action to give effect to the
provisions of such Conventions and Recommendations;
iii) inform the Director-General of the International
Labour Office of the measures taken in accordance with this
article to bring such Conventions and Recommendations before
the appropriate federal, state, provincial or cantonal
authorities with particulars of the authorities regarded as
appropriate and of the action taken by them;
iv) in respect of each such Convention which it has not
ratified, report to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office, at appropriate intervals as requested by the
Governing Body, the position of the law and practice of the
federation and its constituent states, provinces or cantons in
regard to the Convention, showing the extent to which effect
has been given, or is proposed to be given, to any of the
provisions of the Convention by legislation, administrative
action, collective agreement, or otherwise;
v) in respect of each such Recommendation, report to the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, at
appropriate intervals as requested by the Governing Body, the
position of the law and practice of the federation and its
constituent states, provinces or cantons in regard to the
Recommendation, showing the extent to which effect has been
given, or is proposed to be given, to the provisions of the
Recommendation and such modifications of these provisions as
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