www.Droit-Afrique.com in Mali without any prior formalities. The effectiveness of unapproved devices must be recognised by a decision from the minister of labour. Applications for approval must be sent to the minister, alongside a diagram of the machine, that of its protective device and an entry describing and explaining how this device functions. Art.D.170-48.- Plans relating to new institutions, new facilities or new manufacturing processes shall be submitted for an opinion, prior to their implementation, to the labour inspectorate, in order to check whether they are consistent with the proper application of the law regarding the workers' hygiene and safety conditions. Otherwise, achieving these plans shall the subject to making the changes ordered by the said departments. Employment of Women and Children (Pursuant to Article L.189) Art.D.189-1.- In industrial and commercial establishments, women may not be assigned to work uninterruptedly for over ten hours daily, segmented by one or several breaks whose duration may not be less than one hour. Art.D.189-2.- Women may not be assigned to any night time work in factories, plants, mines, quarries, constructions sites, notably for road and building construction, workshops and their appurtenances. Art.D.189-3.- In industries where work involves substances that could very quickly change, a temporary exception may be made to article D.1892 herein above by informing the competent labour inspector beforehand. The notice shall be given by sending, before the special work starts, a telegramme or a letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This exception may be used no more than fifteen nights per year, without the prior special authorisation of the labour inspector. In any case, women shall have to be given compensatory time-off, for a duration equal to the duration of the work done pursuant to the exception. Mali Art.D.189-4.- In factories, plants, mines, quarries, constructions sites, workshops and their appurtenances, women may not be assigned to work on recognised or public holidays, even to arrange workshops. An exception shall however be made to the preceding paragraph in non-stop operations. Consequently, women shall be given compensatory time-off for the same duration as the work done pursuant to the exception. Art.D.189-5.- In the institutions referred to in article D.189-1,women may not be compelled to carry, pull or push both inside and outside the regular work premises loads that weigh more than the following: • 1º load bearing: 25 Kg; • 2º transportation through small wagons moving on rail tracks: 600 Kg, including the vehicle; • 3º transportation on a wheelbarrow: 40 Kg, including the vehicle; • 4º transportation on3 or 4 wheel vehicles: 60 Kg, including the vehicle; • 5º transportation on 2-wheel push cart: 130Kg, including the vehicle. Art.D.189-6.- The employment of women to work in underground mines and quarries shall be prohibited. It shall be prohibited to employ women to service, lubricate, clean or repair running machines or appliances, or in premises where there are machines activated by hand or by a mechanical engine whose dangerous components have not been covered with an appropriate protective device. It shall be prohibited to employ women for transportation using pedal carrier tricycles and to transportation using sack trolleys or two -wheel hand trucks. Art.D.189-7.- In institutions where the work stated in table A, attached to this decree, is done, access to the premises set aside for these operations shall be prohibited to women. Art.D.189-8.- Women shall not be authorised to work in the premises stated in Table B, attached to this decree, excluding in the conditions specified in the said table. Art.D.1S9-9.- Tables A and B, found as an attachment to this decree, may be completed progressively Implementing Decree of the Labour Code 22/29