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December 2022: Latest legislative developments in occupational health and safety

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By the end of 2022, under the Czech Presidency of the EU, a number of Community dossiers relating to health and safety at work had made good progress or even led to new acts:

  • Publication of a new European list of occupational diseases on 28 November 2022, replacing the 2003 list
  • Common position of the ministers of the EU countries concerned in the Council on the draft regulation on artificial intelligence;
  • Common position also on the amendment of the directive on the protection of workers against the risks related to asbestos;
  • Provisional agreement on 15 December by the Council and the European Parliament on the draft Machinery Regulation to replace the 2006 Directive;
  • Publication in the Official Journal of the EU on 19 December of the new European Standardisation Regulation.

 

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