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EUROGIP is publishing its 2023 Activity Report. This is an opportunity to (re)discover this French occupational risk insurance organisation dedicated to European, and even international, issues relating to accidents at work and occupational illnesses in their various components: prevention, insurance, statistics.

The document highlights the work and achievements in these areas and aims to:

• collect relevant information
• analyse and understand
• share knowledge
• initiate and develop exchanges
• contribute to European and international projects
• lead standardisation work in occupational health and safety
• promote a common position on the regulatory certification of personal protective equipment and machinery.

The New European Machinery Regulation, published in the Official Journal on 29 June 2023, repeals the 2006 Directive. EUROGIP and the ETUI have joined forces to publish an article-by-article comparative analysis of the two texts.

The authors, Pierre Belingard at EUROGIP and Stefano Boy at the ETUI, have designed this guide as an essential tool for stakeholders interested in the design, use and monitoring of machinery to assess the quality and relevance of the proposed changes. In addition, the guide should contribute to the production of high-quality harmonised standards.

The document is presented in 2 main columns, with the articles of the new Regulation 2023/1230 opposite those of Directive 2006/42. A colour code makes it easy to identify the differences between the two texts: addition, deletion, modification or relocation of part of the text.

It is thus similar to the previous comparison guide between Directives 98/37 and 2006/42 on which EUROGIP and the ETUI had already collaborated in 2008. In particular, EUROGIP translated the document into French.

NB: the guide is also available in French and in German

EUROGIP is publishing its 2022 annual activity report. In it you will find a reminder of what EUROGIP is in a few key points and the highlights of the year according to its activities, which all have occupational health and safety or insurance of occupational risks in Europe as common denominators:

• Studies and surveys
• European projects
• Information & monitoring
• External relations & communication
• Standardisation in occupational health and safety
• Coordination of notified bodies for personal protective equipment and machinery.

In this new Focus, EUROGIP analyses the major changes that the new Machinery Regulation would bring for the different economic operators.

The current Directive establishes a regulatory framework to ensure the free movement of machinery within the European internal market and a high level of protection for users and other exposed persons. Various impact studies initiated in 2016 with interested parties concluded that the text needed to be improved, simplified and adapted to the needs of the market.

For example, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on machinery and related products on 21 April 2021. By proposing a regulation, it avoids the cumbersome process of transposing a directive. All elements of the new machinery regulation, once adopted, will become mandatory and directly applicable in each EU Member State.

It is important to note that the points mentioned are likely to change between now and the publication of the final version of the regulation. Discussions, which are now taking place at the level of the European Council and the European Parliament, are expected to continue until the second half of 2022.

EUROGIP has published its annual activity report for 2020. After a reminder of what EUROGIP is, the document presents the highlights according to its activities, which have as a common denominator the prevention or insurance of occupational risks in Europe:

• External relations & communication
• Information & monitoring
• Studies & surveys
• Projects of Community interest
• Work on standardisation of the SST of the Assurance maladie – risques professionnels
• Coordination of notified bodies for the regulatory certification of machinery and personal protective equipment.

In 2020, the health crisis had a clear impact on the achievement of the objectives initially set. In addition, EUROGIP has been very active in playing its role as a resource centre. It has collected and disseminated information on measures implemented outside our borders to prevent the risks of contamination at work, on the mechanisms for recognising Covid-19 as an occupational injury or on the regulations applicable to protective masks.

“More than ever, it seemed essential to have extra-national knowledge, while each country had to manage the crisis and, for the most part, innovate in their insurance and prevention practices”, says Raphaël Haeflinger, Director of EUROGIP.

You will discover a reminder of what EUROGIP is in 5 points and the highlights of the year 2019 according to its activities, which have as a common denominator the prevention or insurance of occupational risks in Europe:

• Information & monitoring
• Studies & Surveys
• European Projects
• International relations of the Occupational injuries Branch
• Communication & Public Relations
• Standardization in occupational health and safety
• Coordination of notified bodies for machinery & personal protective equipment.

How can standards contribute to improving occupational safety and health and (OS&H)? A document published by EUROGIP answers the question through six concrete examples.

Health Insurance – Occupational Risks within the French Social Security system, has been involved in the development of OS&H standards, under the coordination of EUROGIP, for many years. Indeed, standardization is a primary prevention activity. It makes it possible to integrate OS&H from the design stage of products, particularly concerning machinery and personal protective equipment.

The Annual Report 2017 presents our activities which have prevention and insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases at European or international level as their common denominator.

After a short presentation of EUROGIP and “3 questions to Raphaël Haefinger, Director”, the salient events 2017 are presented by business area:

• Studies and surveys
• Monitoring and information on occupational risks in Europe
• Public relations and communication
• Occupational safety and health standardization
• Projects of Community interest
• Coordination of the “machinery” and “PPE” notified bodies

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EUROGIP publishes its Annual Activity Report 2014 to find out all about its activities:

• surveys on work accidents and occupational diseases in Europe, 
• projects of Community interest,
• information,
• external relations and communication,
• standardization in health and safety at work,
• coordination of notified bodies for PPEs and Machinery.

Highlights of activity EUROGIP in 2013 through its centers of action: Surveys on occupational injuries in Europe, EU founded projetcts, Monitoring and Information on occupational injuries in Europe, Public Relations and Communication, Standardization in Occupational Health and Safety, Coordination of “Machinery” and “PPE” Notified Bodies