Translation of "Unité des règlements sur la sécurité au travail " (French → English) :

78. Stresses that - in addition to workers who do strenuous work - migrants, young people, old people, women of child-bearing age, the disabled, members of ethnic minorities, low-skilled workers, casual workers, those with insecure working conditions and the long-term unemployed returning to the labour market are particularly at-risk categories; underlines that there should be incentives for a more effective application of the rules on Health and Safety at work, especially for these categories; believes that prior to the employment of these workers special preliminary training should be offered where appropriate;

The protection of workers’ health and safety must continue to be seen as the primary goal of any working time regulation, since the legal basis for the Directive is Article 153(1a) ‘improvement of the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety’.

Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (16); Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) (17); Commission proposal of 7 February 2007 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work.

The aim of this draft regulation on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work is to establish a legal framework for the production of statistics in these two areas.

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work

Notes that in recent years the EU has adopted a series of new legislative provisions on health and safety at work; calls for existing budgets lines to be allocated adequate funds to enable the widest possible public, above all SMEs, to be made familiar with the Community acquis in this area and possibly to support training measures for national inspection bodies; calls for the competent administrative services in the candidate countries to also benefit from such funding; ...[+++]