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Document 11957E118A

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - SOCIAL POLICY, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 118 A

    ĠU L 169, 29.6.1987, p. 9 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)

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    11957E118A

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - SOCIAL POLICY, CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 118 A

    Official Journal L 169 , 29/06/1987 P. 0009


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    " Article 118a

    1 . Member States shall pay particular attention to encouraging improvements , especially in the working environment , as regards the health and safety of workers , and shall set as their objective the harmonization of condition in this area , while maintaining the improvements made .

    2 . In order to help achieve the objective laid down in the first paragraph , the Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission , in co-operation with the European Parliament and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee , shall adopt , by means of directives , minimum requirements for gradual implementation , having regard to the conditions and technical rules obtaining in each of the Member States .

    Such directives shall avoid imposing administrative , financial and legal constraints in a way which would hold back the creation and development of small and medium-sized untertakings .

    3 . The provisions adopted pursuant to this Article shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent measures for the protection of working conditions compatible with this Treaty . " .

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