The new Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) will finally come into force on 29 December 2009. It introduces new obligations and changes by comparison with the consolidated Directive 98/37/EC which the stakeholders must acquire. This new brochure – which is the result of work carried out by the KAN, ETUI-REHS and several European experts, and for which Eurogip co-financed publication of the French version – should help them. It underlines the differences between the 1998 document and the 2006 document, devoting special attention to Annex I concerning essential health and safety requirements.

Summary of the results of a survey carried out by Eurogip and bibliographic information
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The activity report presents the highlights of Eurogip life in the year 2007.

Occupational risk prevention and retention in employment: What actions for what results? The proceedings of the Discussions summarise most of the discussions of 22 October 2007, which were organised around four main questions: 1/ The issues: definition, causes, implications, etc. 2/ What Community framework for the prevention of MSD? 3/ Occupational health and safety initiatives that have had a real impact. 4/ Effective measures to retain in employment people suffering from MSD.
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The Eurogip Discussions, held in Paris on Monday 22 October, were devoted to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in Europe. Representatives of the European Commission, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the European social partners, ergonomists, researchers, doctors and OSH consulting engineers from various European countries (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) described the strategies and measures adopted to prevent risk and to retain in employment people suffering from MSD.
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The 89/391/EEC directive stipulates that employers must evaluate risks to the safety and health of workers. The thematic report by Eurogip considers the types of risks to be assessed, the players involved in assessment, formalisation of the assessment, the link between assessment and preventive action plan, the frequency of the procedure, and sanctions for an assessment failing.

On 8 November 2007, the Board of Directors of Eurogip unanimously adopted the strategic guidelines for the standardisation activity of the network of the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Branch of the Social Security system. These guidelines involve, in particular, creating work tools and procedures designed to better choose between and manage the subjects and levels of work performed by the network’s experts, to strengthen monitoring and reporting activity, and to define the conditions and limits of funding for this activity.