Resources available to the Agency in 2009

(Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1112/2005 of 24 June 2005)

Competences of the Agency as defined in the Council Regulation

Areas of Union competence deriving from the Treaty

Social provisions The Union and the Member States …, shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion. With a view to achieving the objectives of Article 151, the Union shall support and complement the activities of the Member States in the following fields: (a) improvement in particular of the working environment to protect workers’ health and safety; (b) working conditions; (e) the information and consultation of workers; (h) the integration of persons excluded from the labour market, without prejudice to Article 166; (i) equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work; (j) the combating of social exclusion; (Extracts from Article 151 and 153 of the TFEU)

Objectives In order to improve the working environment, as regards the protection of the safety and health of workers as provided for in the Treaty and successive strategies and action programs concerning health and safety at the workplace, the aim of the Agency shall be to provide the Union and the Member States, the social partners and those involved in the field with technical, scientific and economic information of use in the field of safety and health at work.

Tasks — To collect, analyse and disseminate information on national and Union priorities and on research. — To promote cooperation and the exchange of information, including information on training programmes. — To supply the Union bodies and the Member States with the information they require for formulating and implementing policies, in particular as regards the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises. — To make available information on preventive activities. — To contribute to the development of strategies and Union action programmes. — To set up a network comprising national focal points and topic centres.

1 — Governing Board Composition — 1 representative of the Government of each Member State. — 1 representative of the employers’ organisations of each Member State. — 1 representative of the employees’ organisations of each Member State. — 3 representatives of the Commission. Members and alternate members from the first three categories shall be appointed from the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work. Task To adopt the Agency’s work programme, budget and annual general report. 2 — Bureau Composition — Chair and 3 vice-chairs of the Board — Coordinators from each of the three interest groups — 1 additional member from each of the groups and the Commission. Task Overseeing the preparation and follow-up of the Board’s decisions. 3 — The Director Appointed by the Governing Board on a proposal from the Commission. 4 — Committees Obligatory consultation of the Commission and the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work in respect of the work program and budget. 5 — External audit Court of Auditors. 6 — Discharge authority Parliament, acting on a recommendation from the Council.

Budget — 15,0 million euro (14,9 million euro) including: — Union subsidy, DG Employment: 92,6 % (96,5 %) — Union subsidy, DG Enlargement: 6,5 % (2,4 %) — Other: 0,9 % (1,1 %) Staff at 31 December 2009 44 (44) posts in the establishment plan, of which, posts filled: 42 (41) Posts vacant: 2 (3) 26 (23) other posts (contract staff — of which one financed by earmarked funds — seconded national experts, local staff and trainee). Total staff: 68 (64) assigned to operational tasks: 50 (45) administrative tasks: 9 (10) mixed tasks: 9 (9)