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You will find here all the news concerning EUROGIP, health and safety at work from the point of view of Community bodies (directives, recommendations, strategic guidelines…) and standardisation, as well as examples of good practices in the prevention or insurance of accidents at work and occupational diseases in other countries.

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31/01/22

European Machinery Coordination: contract award notice

On 14 January 2022, the European Commission published the notice of award of the contract for the technical secretariats of the European coordination of notified bodies under various regulations, including the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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31/01/22

GERMANY: combating online event fatigue

Meetings, video conferences, webinars... Online events are increasingly used as an alternative to face-to-face meetings. Of course, they have many advantages. But when they are too frequent and last too long, they can create fatigue and a feeling of exhaustion.
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Community news

31/01/22

New film: Napo battling robots at work

“Think digital, think safety and health”. This is the message of the new film with the prevention mascot Napo. The film describes some of the emerging robotic technologies, the types of accidents associated with them, the main hazards and how they can be controlled.
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30/12/21

Exposure to chemical agents and asbestos

The Commission shall publish the most recent, up-to-date and robust information on exposure to lead and its compounds, asbestos and diisocyanates in view of the possible revision of the relevant Directives.
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30/12/21

ITALY: Covid-19 declarations down in 2021 compared to 2020

Between the beginning of the pandemic and 30 November, Inail registrated 185,633 reports of work-related coronavirus infections and 797 deaths. These represent more than one-sixth of the total number of accident at work reports received as of January 2020.
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21/12/21

NETHERLANDS: a new centre for compensation of occupational diseases

The Netherlands is one of the few European countries that abolished (in 1966) the specific system of insurance against occupational accidents and diseases introduced in 1901. However, in September the Dutch government set up a new centre of expertise (LEC-SB) which could be a game changer.
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