E/C.12/CO/FRA/CO/3 page 2 30 Deember 2004 of the independent High Authority against Discrimination and in Favour of Equality (HALDE, or Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’égalité). 5. The Committee welcomes the creation, under Act No. 2006/457 of 21 April 2006, of the social-integration contract (CIVIS, or contrat d’insertion dans la vie sociale), aimed at facilitating access to employment opportunities for young persons without professional qualification and those living in “sensitive urban zones” (ZUS, or zones urbaines sensibles). 6. The Committee welcomes the adoption of Act No. 2006/399 of 4 April 2006, which strengthens the prevention and punishment of conjugal violence and violence against children and raises the legal minimum age for marriage for girls to 18 years. 7. The Committee notes with satisfaction the comprehensive legislative framework created by Act No. 2003/239 of 18 March 2003 to combat trafficking in persons and other forms of modern slavery. 8. The Committee welcomes the recognition – pursuant to Act No. 2007/290 of 5 March 2007 – of the right to adequate housing as being subject to immediate application by judicial and administrative organs. 9. The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to prevent alcohol and tobacco abuse, including the adoption of the 2007/2011 Addiction Prevention Plan and the enactment of a ban on smoking in all public places as of 1 January 2008. C. Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Covenant 10. The Committee notes the absence of any significant factors or difficulties preventing the effective implementation of the Covenant in the State party. D. Principal subjects of concern 11. The Committee regrets that in the report of the State party there is a lack of disaggregated statistical data on an annual comparative basis concerning the concrete results of the various legislative and policy measures adopted by the State party, which has not allowed it to fully assess the progress made and the difficulties encountered by the State party in the implementation of the Covenant. 12. The Committee regrets that in 2007 the State party devoted only 0.39 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to official development assistance (ODA), whereas the United Nations target for ODA is 0.7 per cent of GDP for industrialized countries. The Committee further regrets that the achievement of the objective of devoting 0.7 per cent of its GDP to international cooperation has been postponed from 2012 to 2015. 13. The Committee notes with concern that women belonging to racial, ethnic and national minorities who live in ZUS areas, in particular single mothers, experience