Community news
03/10/16
Give your opinion on Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
The European Commission published a public consultation on the evaluation of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. The consultation consists of an...
Home >
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
25/08/16
EUROGIP – Salient events 2015
EUROGIP publishes “Salient events 2015“. We hope that this new presentation of our annual report will allow you to...
Abroad
08/08/16
SPAIN: The UGT blames job insecurity and corporate indifference for the increase in occupational injuries
The increase in recorded occupational injuries in Spain since the recovery of the economy coincides with a context of...
Standardization
08/08/16
The procedure for establishing European standards has been changed since 1 July 2016
New procedures came into effect recently for enquiries and formal voting in CEN-CENELEC. They are modelled on those adopted...
Community news
08/08/16
Contexts and arrangements for occupational safety and health in micro and small enterprises in the EU
The results of the first phase of EU-OSHA’s SESAME project (safe small and micro enterprises) provide a critical overview...
Standardization
08/08/16
Brexit: What impact on European standardization?
The economic and political consequences of Brexit are still hard to determine. But the European standardization system should remain...
Standardization
08/08/16
What consequences of the negative vote on the ISO 45001 draft standard?
After the international enquiry on the ISO 45001 draft standard on “Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems” ended last...
Standardization
30/06/16
June 2016: 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...
Community news
24/06/16
European survey of early warning systems for new and emerging carcinogenic risks
The Dutch presidency of the EU (first six months of 2016) made combating occupational cancer a priority. In this...
Community news
23/06/16
The significance of work-related cancers in the EU
The Dutch institute for public health and the environment (RIVM) publishes a report on the amplitude of work-related cancers in...
