Standardization
31/10/18
October 2018: What’s new in health and safety at work standardization?
New standards publications, new works, registration of new subjects or comity creations… Below is the result of the monitoring...
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News about EUROGIP and occupational risks in Europe
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.
Community news
31/10/18
An agreement on the revision of the Carcinogens Directive
On 11 October the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the second revision of the 2004/37/EC...
Standardization
31/10/18
Register for the sixth EUROSHNET Conference on standardization, testing and certification
Registration has started for this European conference on the theme “Be smart, stay safe together – Innovative products and...
Community news
31/10/18
REACH: An NGO denounces the poor quality of the registration dossiers
32% of the chemical substances produced or imported in the European Union since 2010 in quantities greater than 1,000...
Community news
31/10/18
New fact sheets on nanomaterials and practical tools for managing dangerous substances
EU-OSHA has created two new fact sheets related to the campaign on “Healthy Workplaces – Controlling the use of...
Abroad
31/10/18
AUSTRIA: On the track of occupational diseases
The list of occupational diseases, the “BK list”, currently comprises 53 diseases, the most common of which are noise-induced...
Abroad
31/10/18
LUXEMBOURG: The AAA publishes its first annual report
In a context of modernization and improvement of its communications, the Accident Insurance Organization (AAA) has published its first...
Abroad
31/10/18
UNITED KINGDOM: A report on the OH&S priorities of the HSE
According to a report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), mental health problems (primarily stress, anxiety and depression)...
Standardization
31/10/18
Start of work on the ISO 23617 standard “Demographic transition and population ageing”
From 5 to 7 November 2018 in Hangzhou Shi (China), ISO/TC 314 “Ageing Societies” will begin work on the...
Standardization
31/10/18
Continuation of the ISO’s work in the field of occupational health and safety management
The permanent Technical Committee ISO/TC 283, “Occupational Health and Safety Management”, chaired by Martin Cottam, Group Technical Assurance &...
