Community news
29/05/18
European Pillar of Social Rights: the Commission’s initiatives relating to work
Eurogip publishes a memorandum on the work-related initiatives taken by the European Commission within the framework of the European...
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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.
News
16/05/18
EUROGIP Annual report 2017 is online
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.
Abroad
02/05/18
IRELAND: A new study on sectors where risks are still high
A new study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) investigates...
Community news
02/05/18
The Commission publishes a guide to application of the PPE 2016/425 Regulation
In a similar manner to the Guide to application of the 89/686/EEC Directive relating to personal protective equipment (PPE), this...
Abroad
02/05/18
AUSTRIA: The accident frequency rate has once again reached a new low
In 2017, the AUVA recorded 159,866 accidents, including 104,161 at work and 54,510 accidents at school, and recognized 1,195 diseases...
Abroad
02/05/18
GERMANY: The accident insurance organization publishes the provisional figures for 2017
The number of reported accidents at work decreased by 0.4% in 2017, to 873,562, according to provisional figures published...
Abroad
02/05/18
FRANCE: Setting up of an aid fund for the victims of crop protection products
Crop protection products are designed to protect crops against “the enemies of crops” (insects, diseases, etc.). France is the...
Community news
02/05/18
The two-year campaign on control of dangerous substances is now on the rails
The 2018-2019 awareness raising campaign on “Healthy Workplaces – Controlling the use of dangerous substances” was officially launched at...
Standardization
02/05/18
New standards for circular saws and wedge splitters for firewood
An analysis of accidents over several years by German insurance organization SVLFG revealed that people other than the machine operator...
Community news
01/05/18
Brexit: The Commission warns the Internal Market players
At the end of January 2018, the European Commission’s DG Growth published a document to raise awareness among Internal...
