Translation of "Groupe de travail pour un pays " (French → English) :

The analysis performed shows that the action of the EU Labour Inspectorates actively contributes to the reduction of absenteeism due to occupational accidents and diseases but also to the behavioural changes of the actors of prevention at workplace level.

13. Calls for further implementation of the acquis communautaire in the field of health and safety at work; acknowledges the extraordinarily high costs involved in implementing the acquis in this field, calls on the candidate countries, in order to improve living and working conditions, to submit to the Commission a realistic assessment of the difficulties associated with the practical implementation of the acquis in the field of health and safety at work; calls on the candidate countries to reinforce their industry inspection services, particularly in performing their task of assisting firms with the implementation of the acquis commu ...[+++]nautaire;

However, at a time when we are advocating a European social model, we must consider our own standards because we must not forget, once again taking the point of reference of child labour, that the number of children working in developed countries is estimated to be 2.5 million and, although all the fifteen Member States have now ratified ILO Conventions 182 and 138 on the worst forms of labour, this situation, Commissioner, is only very recent and, moreover, the conventions have not yet been ratified by all the candidate countries.

But it has been seen that for the purposes of the Convention, on the contrary, there can be a temporary assignment even if the employee concludes a new employment contract in the host country, for example within a group of companies.

Companies face challenging questions, including how to identify where their areas of responsibility lie as distinct from those of governments, how to monitor whether their business partners are complying with their core values, and how to approach and operate in countries where human rights violations are widespread. The European Union itself has an obligation in the framework of its Co-operation policy to ensure the respect of labour standards, environmental protection and human rights and is confronted with the challenge of ensuring a full coherence between its development policy, its trade policy and its strategy for the development o ...[+++]f the private sector in the developing countries notably through the promotion of European investments.

What is happening in effect is the following: drivers who do not have an employment permit in an EU Member State and who do not have a work contract in the third country benefit from the situation in that they drive a car which is registered in a particular country and which subsequently passes all inspections without a hitch, but do so outside the country where they are registered and where they carry out their activities. It is precisely in those countries that employment permits and work contracts are not checked up on.