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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 9. In the case of a federal State, the power of which to enter into conventions on labour matters is subject to limitations, it shall be in the discretion of that Govern- ment to treat a draft convention to which such limitations apply as a recommendation only, and the provisions of this Article with respect to recommendations shall apply in such case. competent authority or au- thorities, no further obliga- tion shall rest upon the Mem- bers, except that they shall report to the Director-Gen- eral of the International La- bour 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 pro- visions 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 ap- ply: (a) in respect of Conventions and Recommendations which the federal Government regards as appropriate under its consti- tutional 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 con- stitutional 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 Consti- 3526

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