Recommendation R086 - Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86) 10 of 18 http://oit.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID... needs of specified occupations for which it is difficult to recruit a sufficient number of qualified workers; (iii) development of psycho-technical testing; (c) with respect to selection based on the age of migrants, flexibility to be given to the application of age criteria in order to take into consideration on the one hand the requirements of various occupations and, on the other, the varying capacities of different individuals at a given age. ARTICLE 6. ORGANISATION OF RECRUITMENT, INTRODUCTION AND PLACING 1. The bodies or persons which engage in the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing of migrants and of members of their families shall be named by the competent authorities of the respective territories or in the case of refugees and displaced persons, by any body established in accordance with the terms of an international instrument which may be responsible for the protection of refugees and displaced persons who do not benefit from the protection of any Government on the one hand and the competent authority of the territory of immigration on the other subject to the approval of both parties. 2. Subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs, the right to engage in the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing shall be restricted to : (a) public employment offices or other public bodies of the territory in which the operations take place; (b) public bodies of a territory other than that in which the operations take place which are authorised to operate in that territory by an agreement between the parties; (c) any body established in accordance with the terms of an international instrument. 3. In addition, in so far as the national laws and regulations of the parties permit and subject to the approval and supervision of the competent authorities of the parties, the operations of recruitment, introduction and placing may be undertaken by : (a) the prospective employer or a person in his service acting on his behalf; and (b) private agencies. 4. The administrative costs of recruitment, introduction and placing shall not be borne by the migrants. ARTICLE 7. SELECTION TESTING 1. An intending migrant shall undergo an appropriate examination in the territory of emigration; any such examination should inconvenience him as little as possible. 2. With respect to the organisation of the selection of migrants, the parties shall agree on : (a) recognition and composition of official agencies or private bodies authorised by the competent authority of the territory of immigration to carry out selection operations in the territory of emigration; 19/05/2020, 4:59 pm