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European schedule of occupational diseases
European schedule of occupational diseases
European schedule of occupational diseases
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European schedule of occupational diseases
The development of a European schedule of occupational diseases has three main aims: to improve knowledge of the subject at European level (collection and comparability of data); to step up prevention: the Member States are asked to define quantified objectives with a view to reducing the rate of these diseases and to provide assistance to the workers concerned to enable them more easily to prove the link between their occupational activities and their disease and apply for compensation.
ACT
Commission Recommendation 2003/670/EC of 19 September 2003 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases.
SUMMARY
The Commission recommends, without prejudice to more favourable national laws or regulations, that the Member States:
The Member States themselves determine the criteria for recognising each occupational disease.
Context
This recommendation replaces Commission Recommendation 90/326/EEC of 22 May 1990 concerning the adoption of a European schedule of occupational diseases.
This new recommendation is required in order to take account of data deriving from scientific and technical progress in this field, to have an up-to-date instrument in the run-up to the European Union's impending enlargement, and to do justice to the special interest the " new Community strategy on safety and health at work 2002-2006 " places on enhanced prevention of occupational diseases.
References
Act |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Recommendation 2003/670/CE |
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OJ L 238 of 25.09.2003 |
RELATED ACTS
Communication from the Commission of 20 September 1996 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases [COM(96) 454 final].
In the light of information provided by the Member States, the Commission has reviewed progress in implementing the 1990 recommendation: the Member States have made great efforts to conform to Annex I to the recommendation. The Commission takes the view that at present it would be premature to propose binding legislation to replace the recommendation. However, it does intend to consider this option when the European schedule of occupational diseases is updated. This is due to take place in the first half of 2001 and is designed to take account of technical and scientific progress and the results of the work and projects currently under way to improve, inter alia, the collection, comparability and epidemiological analysis of statistics on occupational diseases.
Commission Recommendation 90/326/EEC of 22 May 1990 concerning the adoption of a European schedule of occupational diseases.
Last updated: 15.05.2007