Report on the current situation in relation to occupational diseases' systems in EU Member States and EFTA/EEA countries, in particular relative to Commission Recommendation 2003/670/EC concerning the European Schedule of Occupational Diseases and gathering of data on relevant related aspects
European Commission - Brussels
2013
150 p.
compensation of occupational diseases ; EFTA ; EU Directive ; notification of occupational diseases ; occupational disease ; schedule of occupational diseases ; statistics
Occupational diseases
English
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"The objective of this study was firstly to show the progress of all 29 countries on every point of the recommendation and secondly to develop a series of recommendations and various scenarios of evolution of the recommendation. The report recommends including:
- The regular updating of the list of European OD,
- A greater exchange of information and experience between countries regarding detection systems OD and compensation arrangements,
- Better reporting of information to the European Commission on the national lists of OD and national research programs,
- Better reporting of information to the European Commission on the national lists of OD and national research programs,
- Better cooperation between the European Commission, EU-OSHA, EUROSTAT, Eurofound, ACSH, SLIC and other stakeholders,
- A series of practical measures to be implemented in the Member States to improve the prevention and detection of OD."
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