Standardization
20/09/18
September 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.
News
27/08/18
Statistical review of occupational injuries France: 2016 data
EUROGIP publishes data about occupational injuries in France in 2016.
Abroad
27/07/18
GERMANY: Parkinson’s disease caused by solvents is not an occupational disease
The Medical Advisory Council of Experts at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) has decided not...
Abroad
27/07/18
GERMANY: German Social Accident Insurance publishes annual figures for 2017
According to the 2017 results, the risk of suffering an occupational accident in trade and industry and in the...
Abroad
27/07/18
THE NETHERLANDS: The new Working Conditions Act came into force
Since 1st July 2018, the new Working Conditions Act has definitively come into force, after a one-year transitional period....
Standardization
27/07/18
Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on successive versions of a harmonised standard
On which version should presumption of conformity be based? A judgment of the general court, called Global Garden, gave...
Community news
27/07/18
Overview of new forms of employment – 2018 update
Across Europe, new forms of employment are emerging that differ significantly from traditional employment. Some of these forms of...
Standardization
28/06/18
A step toward international standards on ageing of the labour force
ISO has set up a new Technical Committee on ageing societies which will produce a number of international standards....
Community news
27/06/18
Machinery Directive: The Commission’s evaluation is available
The Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) is on the whole relevant, effective and coherent. It has a European value added, is...
Abroad
27/06/18
DENMARK: Record compensation in 2017
The total amount of compensation for occupational injuries and diseases (loss of ability to work and pensions), at more...
