30 DE MARÇO DE 1973

508-(15)

concerned, supervise the activities of bodies and persons to whom authorizations have been issued in pursuance of the preceding paragraph, other than any body established in accordance with the terms of an international instrument, the position of which shall continue to be governed by the terms of the said instrument or by any agreement made between the body and the competent authority concerned.

6 — Before authorizing the introduction of migrants for employment the competent authority of the territory of immigration shall ascertain whether there is not a sufficient number of persons already available capable of doing the work in question.

7 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to permit the acceptance of a migrant for employment for admission to the territory of any Member by any person or body other than the competent authority of the territory of immigration.

ARTICLE 4

1 — Each Member for which this Annex is in force undertakes to ensure Chat the services rendered by its public employment service in connection with the recruitment, introduction or placing of migrants for employment are rendered free.

2 — The administrative costs of recruitment, introduction and placing shall not be borne by the migrants.

ARTICLE 5

In the case of collective transport of migrants from one country to another necessitating passage in transit through a third country, the competent authority of the territory of transit shall take measures for expediting the passage, to avoid delays and administrative difficulties.

ARTICLE 6

1 — Each Member for which this Annex is in force which maintains a system of supervision of contracts of employment between an employer, or a person acting on his behalf, and a migrant for employment undertakes to require:

a) That a copy of the contract of employment

shall be delivered to the migrant before departure or, if the Governments concerned so agree, in a reception centre on arrival in the territory of immigration;

b) That the contract shall contain provisions

indicating the conditions of work and particularly the remuneration offered to the migrant;

c) That the migrant shall receive in writing before

departure, by a document which relats either to him individually or to a group of migrants of which he is a member, information concerning the general conditions of life and work applicable to him in the territory of immigration.

2 — Where a copy of the contract is to be delivered to the migrant on arrival in the territory of immigration, he shall be informed in writing before departure, by a document which relates either to him individually or to a group of migrants of which he is a member, of the occupational category for which he

is engaged and the other conditions of work, in particular the minimum wage which is guaranteed to him.

3 — The competent authority shall ensure that the provisions of the preceding paragraphs are enforced and that appropriate penalties are applied in respect of violations thereof.

ARTICLE 7

1 — The measures taken under article 4 of this Convention shall, as appropriate, include:

a) The simplification of administrative formal-

ities;

b) The provision of interpretation services;

c) Any necessary assistance, during an initial

period in the settlement of the migrants and members of their families authorized to accompany or join them;

d) The safeguarding of the welfare, during the

journey and in particular on board ship, of migrants and members of their families authorized to accompany or join them;

e) Permission for the liquidation and transfer of

the property of migrants for employment admitted on a permanent basis.

ARTICLE 8

Appropriate measures shall be taken by the competent authority to assist migrants for employment, during an initial period, in regard to matters concerning their conditions of employment; where appropriate, such measures may be taken in co-operation with approved voluntary organizations.

ARTICLE 9

If a migrant for employment introduced into the territory of a Member in accordance with the provisions of article 3 of this Annex fails, for a reason for which he is not responsible, to secure the employment for which he has been recruited or other suitable employment, the cost of is return and that of the members of his family who have been authorized to accompany or join him, including administrative fees, transport and maintenance charges to the final destination, and charges for the transport of household belongings, shall not fall upon the migrant.

ARTICLE 10

If the competent authority of the territory of immigration considers that the employment, for which a migrant for employment was recruited under article 3 of this Annex has been found to be unsuitable, it shall take appropriate measures to assist him in finding suitable employment which does not prejudice national workers and shall take such steps as will ensure his maintenance pending placing in such employment, or his return to the area of recruitment if the migrant is willing or agreed to such return at time of his recruitment, or his resettlement elsewhere.

ARTICLE 11

If a migrant for employment who is a refugee or a displaced person and who has entered a territory of immigration in accordance with article 3 of this