{"id":23033,"date":"2015-12-02T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T09:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T09:51:11","slug":"the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has published its work program for 2016, which includes 40 &#8220;REFIT&#8221; activities, some of which relate to occupational safety and health (OSH).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> REFIT aims to &#8220;preserve the sobriety and good performance of all the EU legislation, eliminate unnecessary complexity and adapt the existing legislation without jeopardizing our ambitious political objectives&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> With regard to occupational safety and health (OSH), the Commission has announced that one of the planned REFIT activities will be to &#8220;facilitate compliance with the REACH framework and ensure that the health and safety legislation is viable and is applied&#8221;. It has also announced that in 2016 it would complete the complex preparatory work already underway to protect Europeans against the dangers of endocrine disruptors. A re-examination of the legislation on occupational safety and health, including for carcinogenic and mutagenic agents, will be able to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of a modernized European framework for worker protection. Finally, the Commission has announced that it will present a targeted revision of the directive on worker posting.<\/p>\n<p> Reacting to the publication of the Commission&#8217;s work programme, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etuc.org\/press\/european-commission-work-programme-etuc-comments#.Vl7FhGQvd4s\">European Trade Union Confederation<\/a> &#8220;expressed its concerns regarding plans to revise the health and safety legislation as part of the REFIT programme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> In its 2016 work programme, the Commission publishes the list of legislative measures which will become applicable. In the area of OSH, note the following directives in particular:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2014\/34\/EU regarding protection devices and systems designed to be used in explosible atmospheres (revision) applicable on 20\/04\/2016; &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>2013\/35\/EU concerning the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) cancelling the 2004\/40\/EC directive, applicable on 1\/07\/2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/atwork\/pdf\/cwp_2016_en.pdf\">Work programme of the Commission for 2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has published its work program for 2016, which includes 40 &#8220;REFIT&#8221; activities, some of which relate to occupational safety and health (OSH).&nbsp; REFIT aims to &#8220;preserve the sobriety and good performance of all the EU legislation, eliminate unnecessary complexity and adapt the existing legislation without jeopardizing our ambitious political objectives&#8221;. With regard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[907],"class_list":["post-23033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Commission has published its work program for 2016, which includes 40 &#8220;REFIT&#8221; activities, some of which relate to occupational safety and health (OSH).&nbsp; REFIT aims to &#8220;preserve the sobriety and good performance of all the EU legislation, eliminate unnecessary complexity and adapt the existing legislation without jeopardizing our ambitious political objectives&#8221;. With regard...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eurogip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Thomas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b\"},\"headline\":\"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Community news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/\",\"name\":\"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eurogip\",\"description\":\"Comprendre les risques professionnels en Europe\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurogip.fr\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b\",\"name\":\"Thomas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Thomas\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip","og_description":"The European Commission has published its work program for 2016, which includes 40 &#8220;REFIT&#8221; activities, some of which relate to occupational safety and health (OSH).&nbsp; REFIT aims to &#8220;preserve the sobriety and good performance of all the EU legislation, eliminate unnecessary complexity and adapt the existing legislation without jeopardizing our ambitious political objectives&#8221;. With regard...","og_url":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/","og_site_name":"Eurogip","article_published_time":"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00","author":"Thomas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Thomas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/"},"author":{"name":"Thomas","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b"},"headline":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH","datePublished":"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/"},"wordCount":286,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Community news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/","url":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/","name":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH - Eurogip","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-12-02T09:51:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/the-2016-priorities-of-the-european-commission-regarding-osh\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The 2016 priorities of the European Commission regarding OSH"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/","name":"Eurogip","description":"Comprendre les risques professionnels en Europe","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/478499d13e0791bfc0d20c6b3583da6b","name":"Thomas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d4c181e1a496d3d6d25441adb6830a23883e0f93ed97a30e4616fea3c950268?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Thomas"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}