The Committee of Independent Experts, first of the four bodies responsible for supervising the implementation of the European Social Charter, examines the national reports of the Contracting Parties and adopts on this basis conclusions in which it indicates if it considers that during the period of report, each of the Contracting Parties has conformed to provisions included in the report. The first volume of Conclusions XIV-2 contains reports regarding the situation in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France , Germany, Greece, Iceland and Ireland.