COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 627 final 
Brussels, 3 December 1993 
REPORT ON THE EXECUTION 
OF THE COUNCIL DECISION 
CONCERNING THE ORGANISATION 
OF THE EUROPEAN YEAR 
OF SAFETY, HYGIENE 
AND HEALTH PROTECTION AT WORK 
(presented by the Commission) 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The Commission of the European Communities wishes to thank the Ministers in each 
Member State for the way their interest and involvement gave this campaign optimal impact. 
The Commission also wishes to thank all those whose initiative, proposals, enthusiasm and 
competence contributed to the success of the European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health 
Protection at Work. 
Such thanks are particularly due to the Advisory Steering Committee, established by the 
Council and which ran everything, the members of the National Liaison Committees, whose 
enthusiasm gave rise to a very large number of initiatives, and, finally, to the workers, 
employers, researchers, teachers and the specialists on company health and safety 
committees who drew up schemes at the workplace level and thus raised awareness of the 
work of the European institutions in terms of combating industrial accidents and 
occupational diseases. 
P. Flynn 
Member of the Commission 
responsible for Social Affairs 
and Employment 
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CONTENTS 
A. INTRODUCTION 
B. COMMISSION ACTIVITIES 
B. 1 Structure and organisation 
B.2 Events 
B. 3 Local schemes 
B, 4 Information and communication 
B. 5 Other awareness-enhancement schemes 
C. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE MEMBER STATES 
C. 1 The Year in Belgium 
C.2 The Year in Denmark 
C.3 The Year in Germany 
C.4 The Year in Greece 
C.5 The Year in Spain 
C,6 The Year in France 
C. 7 The Year in Ireland 
C.8 The Year in Italy 
C.9 The Year in Luxembourg 
CAO The Year in the Netherlands 
C.ll The Year in Portugal 
C.12 The Year in the United Kingdom 
D. OTHER ACTIVITIES 
D. J European Trades Union Confederation 
D. 2 Employers ' organisations 
D.3 EFT A 
E. THE BUDGET 
E. J Allocation of grants 
E. 2 Basis of grant allocation 
E.3 Summary table 
F. CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES 
ANNEXES 
1. The Advisory Steering Committee - membership 
2. The National Liaison Committees - membership 
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A. INTRODUCTION 
This is the report called for by Article 6 of the Council Decision of 25 July 199 ^concerning 
an action programme for the European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at 
Work1. In accordance with this Decision, the Year was launched on 1 March 1992 and 
concluded on 28 February 1993. 
The Community's motives in organising the European Year were threefold: 
the fact that the third programme of action on safety and health had been concluded 
in 1992, and there was a need to assess its results, demonstrate its raison d'être and 
emphasise the need for commitment on the part of both employers and workers; 
the major importance of alerting public opinion, increasing public information, and 
raising awareness among employers and workers to ensure the success of the third 
programme of action; 
the need to improve awareness of the content and implications of Community 
legislation on safety and health. 
The objective laid down by the Council Decision was "to conduct a number of activities 
designed to promote and enhance the value of the substantial body of Community measures 
in the field of safety, hygiene and health at work". These Community measures take the form 
of 26 directives based on three action programmes carried out by the Commission between 
1978 and 1992 and which together form a real body of legislation. 
The principle of subsidiarity was put to exemplary use in the European Year. Although it 
began as a Community initiative, a part of the objective assigned to the European Year was 
carried out effectively by decentralised means at national level in the Member States. The 
management structure for the European Year were both a driving force and a guarantee of 
subsidiarity: 
the Advisory Steering Committee, made up of representatives from each Member 
State, met on 18 occasions. All its recommendations were followed by the 
Commission; 
there were twelve national liaison committees, which were tripartite (with 
representatives of labour, management and government), active both in defining 
national priorities within an overall plan and in selecting projects to be funded; 
the Advisory Committee on safety, hygiene and health protection at work2, 
representing the social partners at Community level, was consulted and informed 
throughout the preparation and organisation of the European Year, even though it 
was not included in the arrangements provided for in the Council Decision 
establishing the European Year. 
The funding of the projects and activities throughout the Year also reflected the desire to 
apply the principle of subsidiarity. 
OJL 214 of 2 August 1991 
OJ L 185 of 9 July 1974 
60% of the funds provided were made available to the national liaison committees 
to support their own initiatives and choice of national priorities, which clearly 
favoured action at the level of companies and SMEs. 
The schemes organised directly by the Commission, once approved by the 
representatives of the Member States and the social partners in the committees 
mentioned above, were carried out in cooperation with the Member States, including 
the opening and closing conferences, the film festival, the choice of TV productions 
to be subsidised, and the national colloquia and conferences, The content and 
methods of distribution of booklets, posters, stickers, etc. were carefully discussed 
with the national liaison committes to take account of each Member State's national 
identity and responsibilities. 
Working through the members of the committees mentioned above, the Commission 
received extremely effective cooperation from the relevant ministries, trade unions, 
employers' associations and many professional organisations. 
The Community was thus able to act within the limits of the powers conferred on it and the 
objectives assigned to it by the Council Decision. At all events, wherever the objectives 
could be met adequately by the Member States, the Commission left the widest possible 
scope to the national liaison committees, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity. 
Thanks to this respect for national diversity, the 508 schemes proposed by the committees 
and funded by the Commission gave rise to more than 2 092 projects launched by 
governments or by workers' or employers' associations and sporting the logo of the European 
Year. The Year thus became a much more extensive event than had been anticipated. All 
these specific schemes at company level had a powerful effect within firms. 
To assess the impact of the European Year, the Commission held a Eurobarometer survey 
in the spring of 1993. This showed, among other interesting findings, that 21% of Europeans 
over 15 years of age (some 60 million people) had been affected by the Year. The Advisory 
Committee on safety, hygiene and health protection at work drew conclusions at its plenary 
meeting on 28.2.1993 from the first assessment of the Year and made proposals to the 
Commission on possible future Community action. 
This huge campaign enhanced general awareness of the work of the European institutions 
in this field. Moreover, the breakdown into specific topics (noise, air quality, stress and 
safety) made it easier to concentrate on the active population and so encourage their active 
participation in combating industrial accidents and occupational diseases. 
It should also be emphasised that in both preparation and development, the European Year 
enjoyed the effective support of the European Parliament and that progress was very closely 
monitored by the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities. 
B. COMMISSION ACTIVITIES 
B. 1. Structure and organisation 
a) Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work 
b) ASC 
c) NLCs 
d) Commission staff 
B.2. Events 
a) Organisation of a European conference to launch the European Year 
b) Organisation of a European conference to close the European Year 
c) Organisation of conferences and/or seminars in each Member State 
d) Organisation of an audiovisual festival 
e) Promoting the design of new systems 
B. 3. Local schemes 
a) Co-funded schemes 
b) Transnational projects 
B. 4. Information and Communication 
a) Strategic approach 
b) Promotion and publicity 
1) Logo 
2) Slogan 
3) Posters 
4) Press releases 
5) Illustrated brochure 
6) TV spots 
7) Direct marketing 
8) Promotional articles 
c) Promotion of television broadcasts 
d) Documentation and publications 
e) Press and public relations 
B.5. Other awareness-enhancement activities 
a) Partnerships 
b) Exhibitions and fairs 
c) Philately 
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In general, the Commission has strictly followed the application provisions of the Council 
Decision of 25 July 1991 in terms of both the structures created and the kinds of schemes 
carried out, while seeking to mobilise as many organisations as possible at all levels. 
B.l. STRUCTURES AND ORGANISATION 
A number of organisations and bodies have been involved in organising and monitoring the 
Year. 
a) The Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work3 
In accordance with its mandate, this tripartite committee has been involved in drawing up 
the project as well as the organisational structure of the Year. A smaller group within the 
Committee has been involved with all work to implement the Year. 
b) The Advisory Steering Committee (ASC) 
This committee4, established on 11 October 1991 in accordance with Article 5 of the Council 
Decision, has been consulted regularly about the selection of schemes covered by Part II, 
items A and B, of the Annex to the Decision. Comprising a representative of each Member 
State and chaired by a representative of the Commission, the Committee met 18 times and 
was regularly informed by the Commission of progress made. 
c) The National Liaison Committees (NLCs) 
In accordance with Article 2.2 of the Council Decision, a national liaison committee5 (NLC) 
was formed in each Member State. Composed on a tripartite basis (workers, employers, 
Ministries), it was responsible for coordination, assessment and selection of projects suitable 
for Community funding and then for the implementation of schemes at national level. 
d) Commission Staff 
Coordination of the European Year was carried out by Unit V/F/5 of the "Health and Safety" 
Directorate within the Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations and Social 
Affairs, its task being to monitor the application of the entire Council Decision and, more 
particularly: 
- coordination with the NLCs and the Member States; 
OJL 185 of 9.7.1974 
See list of members in Annex 1 
See list of members in Annex 2 
- theorganisationandimpiementationofprojectsplannedinaccordancewithPart II A 
of the Annex to the Council Decision 
- administration, general and budgetary management, including the monitoring and 
checking of applications for co-funding under Part IIB of the Annex to the Council 
Decision; 
the organisation and chairing of meetings of the ASC; 
cooperation with other Commission departments. 
In order to ensure a coherent overall programme, the Commission organised its work to take 
account of the complementarity and mutual multiplier effects offered by the schemes called 
for under the Council Decision. 
These were therefore divided, on the basis of their nature and objective rather than the 
funding method, into the following four groups: 
- events; 
local schemes; 
- information and communication; 
- other awareness-enhancement projects. 
This structure made it possible to conduct operations in a coherent step-by-step way and 
made it easier for partners in schemes and others involved in the Year to have a clear 
understanding of the programme. 
B.2. EVENTS 
a) Organisation of a European Colloquium to launch the European Year (item 
DLA.l.a of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
The conference to open the European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at 
Work took place on 12 March 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal, the country then holding the 
presidency of the Council of the European Communities. The conference was addressed by 
Mr José A. Silva Peneda, the Portuguese Minister of Employment and President of the 
Council of Social Affairs Ministers, by Mr van Velzen, Chairman of the Social Affairs 
Committee of the European Parliament, Mrs Vasso Papandreou, Member of the European 
Commission responsible for Employment and Social Affairs, Mr Jean Degimbe, Director-
General of DG V and then by Mr Buschak, representing the ETUC (European Trade Union 
Confederation), and by Mr Castle, representing UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers' 
Confederations of Europe). 
This conference also saw the presentation of the results of a public opinion survey on 
"Europeans and Health and Safety at Work"6. Conducted in the Spring of 1991, this showed 
For detailed information see the document "Europeans and Health and Safety at 
Work - public opinion survey" 
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that the public at large wanted information and would support Community action on health 
and safety. 
b) Organisation of a European Conference to close the European Year (item 
II.A.l.b of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
The European Year was closed on 26 February 1993 in Copenhagen, during the Danish 
Presidency, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. 
At the closing conference, Mrs Jytte Andersen, Danish Minister of Employment and the then 
President of the Council of Social Affairs Ministers, Mr Buschak, representing the ETUC 
(European Trade Union Confederation), Mr Castle, representing UNICE (Union of Industrial 
and Employers' Confederations of Europe) and Mr Pronk (Member of the European 
Parliament) stressed how the importance of the issues involved in terms of both human lives 
(8 000 deaths per year) and the economy (a loss of ECU 20 billion a year) had led to the 
organisation of this awareness-enhancement campaign. 
The speakers stressed the major impact achieved by schemes during the Year, which had 
proved very successful despite the technical nature of the subjects tackled. All emphasised 
that the results achieved were essentially due to the close cooperation between worker, 
employer and government representatives working together in the national liaison 
committees and other consultative bodies assisting the Commission. 
The conference also featured the presentation of prizes for the various competitions 
organised during the Year; the ISSA competition (§B.2.e), the European health and safety 
prize (§B.2.e) and the FEDEA press competition (§B.4.e). 
c) Organisation of conferences, colloquia and/or seminars in all Member States 
(Item H.A.l.c of the annex to the Council Decision) 
The ASC endorsed the proposal of the national liaison committees to organise a national 
conference in each Member State. The majority of these featured a speech by the relevant 
minister, the presence of top administrators and participation by employer and employee 
representatives. 
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Belgium 25-27.11.92 -Antwerp 
Conference on research strategies and comparison of the various 
national approaches adopted. 
Denmark 8 January 1993 - 23 February 1993 
Regional closing conferences 
The aim was to draw conclusions from the European Year at a 
regional level. 
Germany 2 July 1992-Dresden 
Information about the dangers of airborne contaminants, the 
situation in the chemical industry, asbestos disposal, emissions 
from diesel motors, wood dust and the aspiration of dangerous 
substances. 
18 March 1992-Erfurt 
Formal opening of the European Year in Germany with the 
participation of all bodies responsible for industrial safety, 
employer and employee representatives, ministries, the trade 
insurance associations and the Lander. 
Presentation of the German programme for the European Year. 
27 October 1993 - Dusseldorf 
Conference to summarise and evaluate the European Year, 
organised in cooperation with the Bundesarbeitsgemeinchaft fur 
Arbeitssicherheit (BASI) as part of the exhibition "Arbeitsschutz 
und Arbeitsmedizin - A+A 1993". 
Greece 28-30 January 1993 - Athens 
Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at the Workplace. Prospects 
in view of European integration. 
Spain 24 March 1992 - Madrid 
National conference to launch the European Year. Presentation of 
objectives and of activities scheduled throughout the year. 
France 8 - 9 September 1992 - Paris 
"International Forum on Occupational Health 1992". Evaluation of 
risks and the new preventive situation arising from Community 
directives. 
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Ireland 20-21 March 1992-Dublin 
Irish National Conference for the European Year of Safety, 
Hygiene and Health Protection at Work. On the theme of "Getting 
the the health and safety message across", this conference was 
divided into different specialist seminars such as on construction or 
general manufacturing. 
Italy 28 April 1992-Rome 
Conference to open the European Year with a discussion on 
European directives and their transposition into Italian law. 
Luxembourg 30 November - 2 December 1992 - Luxembourg 
International Conference on "Well-being at Work" and Community 
policy in this field. 
Netherlands 7-11 April 1992 - Amsterdam 
"Working Conditions Congress 92" 
2-4 February 1993 - Maastricht 
"The Workplace" 
Each of these conferences included a number of seminars on 
various activities and objectives concerning health and safely at the 
workplace. 
Portugal 2-4 June 1992-Porto 
"Health and safety at work - a factor in socio-economic cohesion" 
In addition to issues involving health and safety at work, attention 
was paid to aspects of the Community-wide development of the 
social dimension of the internal market. 
United Kingdom 9-11 November 1992 - London 
Health and Safety Enforcement irf Europe 
To promote consistency of compliance through the exchange of 
information about the management and delivery of labour 
inspection and enforcement. It was attended by 225 representatives 
of bodies responsible for health and safely in all the Member States 
(except Luxembourg), Eastern Europe and the ILO. 
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d) Organisation of an audiovisual festival 
(Item II.A.2.a of the annex to the Council Decision) 
The European festival of training videos on safety and health protection at work was held in 
Thessaloniki on 15-17 October 1992. The aim of the event was to make people more aware of 
the extensive range and high quality of films now being produced in the field of training for 
health and safety at work and to encourage the exchange of information and experience between 
audiovisual companies and users in the various Member States. 
This event was attended by some 1000 people, training and safety professionals from the 12 
Member States of the Community, the EFTA countries and also from Iran and Czechoslovakia. 
More than 350 films were viewed by the preselection jury. 323 were accepted, 59 of these being 
entered for the competition. 
The final jury, comprising leading European figures in the field of training and safety 
representing trade unions, employers and the media, was chaired by Ms Melina Mercouri and 
awarded nine prizes, two for each category and a Supreme award, the François Staedelin 
Memorial Prize7 for the best video in any category. 
The first prize in the category for general awareness enhancement was awarded to a British film 
Accidents don't happen in the office. This describes the problems encountered by two people and 
shows the often unrecognised hazards of office life. The second prize in this category was 
awarded to a French film Stop au bruit, a very didactic production describing the phenomenon 
of noise and measures to prevent it. 
In the category for awareness enhancement among specific target groups, the first prize was 
awarded to the British film No going back - an intense and dramatic story of an employee 
paralysed after falling down slippery stairs. This film also received the François Staedelin 
Memorial Prize. The second prize went to another British film showing a teenager doing a work 
experience course on a farm and the hazards faced there. 
In the "Training" category, the first prize was awarded to a French film Prévention-intérim-
industrie which examined a welding accident from three different points of view: that of the 
company employing the welder, the temping agency and the welder. The second prize went to 
the Portuguese film Segurança no trabalho sector daspescas (Occupational safety in the fishing 
industry), a simple, clear and precise film about safety at sea. 
In the "Information" category, the first prize was awarded to a German film "Easy und Isabella" 
(Easy and Isabella), an amusing TV series in 13 episodes which describes the problems of a 
careless worker and his wife. The second prize was also a German production "Wir arbeiten gut 
und sicher". 
Finally, the award for audience favourite was won by the British film Dead serious about safety, 
produced by the staff of British Rail and describing an accident which killed a number of 
rail waymen in 1991. 
Participants and the authorities responsible all agreed that the festival should not be j ust a one-off 
event. 
This award is to commemorate François Staedelin, Chairmen of the European Economic and Social 
Committee, who died on 30 December 1991. Well-known and respected by employers and workers 
alike, François Staedelin played a major role in drafting European employment legislation. 
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e) Promotion of the design of new systems. 
(Item H.C.I.) of the annex to the Council Decision) 
In order to promote and reward innovative approaches, two types of competition were launched 
at European level, one designed to reward the best training material, the other for the most 
significant schemes to bring about specific improvements to health and safety conditions at the 
workplace. 
- ISSA competition 
The Commission and the International Social Security Association (ISSA) jointly organised a 
competition on "Safety Education and Training". 
Prizes were awarded for the best education and training material on the prevention of health and 
safety hazards within the following seven categories "general and vocational training" "higher 
education", "occupational health and safety experts", "agriculture", "construction", "fishing" and 
"industrial activities". 
220 projects for all Member States were submitted. 
The jury, comprising representatives of ISSA and of the Commission, awarded a prize in each 
category. 
The supreme award went to a training course for farmers and their children submitted by the 
"Irish Farmers' Association". 
The jury highly commended the project submitted by the Danish Labour Inspection Service. 
In view of the success of the competition, and the high quality of the entries, the Commission has 
started to investigate the formation of a databank to allow the distribution and use of this material 
at company level. 
- European Health and Safety Prize 
The Commission threw its weight behind this competition organised in cooperation with the 
Labour Inspection Service Directorate (Arbejdstilsynet) in Denmark for a product significantly 
improving health and safety conditions at the workplace. 
Of the 19 projects submitted, three were nominated for awards: a Spanish project (CEPREN), a 
Danish project (Gram Factory) and an Italian one (Fiat). 
Two projects were highly commended: a Dutch project (Stratingh College) and a British project 
(Health Services Advisory Committee). 
The CEPREN project, which was awarded the first prize, is designed to provide employers and 
workers with the information and other resources to equip SMEs with an organisation and 
structure capable of dealing with current and future health and safety requirements at the 
workplace. This scheme is worthy of imitation by employers and workers throughout Europe. 
The Commission will examine means of promoting this scheme. 
The prizewinners in these two competitions received their awards at the Copenhagen closing 
conference (§ B.2.b). 
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B.3 LOCAL SCHEMES 
Given the scale of the audience involved (the entire active population), the diversity of target 
groups (young people, SMEs, high-risk sectors) and the available funding, the European Year 
could only achieve its objectives by maximising the use of intermediaries and multiplier effects. 
The Commission felt that greater efficiency could be achieved by putting the emphasis on local 
schemes in each Member State. It therefore decided to emphasise cofunded schemes (Annex II, 
item B) by allocating them almost 60% of the Community budget. This policy was successfully 
implemented thanks to the highly effective cooperation and consensus achieved by the workers', 
employers' and government representatives on NLCs. 
The principle of subsidiarity proved successful in practice. 
The Commission found it difficult to contact SME workers and employers directly, given the 
very large number of such firms, their diversity and their geographical spread. It therefore 
decided as an initial step to work through European or national federations specific to SMEs. 
Examples of these include: 
- European Union of Crafts and Small and Medium-sized enterprises (UEAPME); 
Femmes Européennes des Moyennes et Petites Entreprises. 
The Commission also carried out an information and awareness-enhancement campaign by 
contacting 900 Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the European Community, representing 
the great majority of SMEs active in all sectors, as well as their European organisation 
"Eurochambres". 
As a second step, noting that a large number of SMEs were active in high-risk sectors such as 
construction, agriculture and fisheries, the Commission contributed to action undertaken by 
sectoral organisations either at the European level such as: 
- Fédération de l'Industrie Européenne de la Construction; 
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bau + Ausbau Gewerbe; 
- European Consulting Engineering Network; 
or at national level, where information campaigns on the themes and objectives of the Year were 
carried out by such organisations as: 
France: Confédération de l'Artisanat et des Petites entreprises du Bâtiment 
(CAPEB), Fédération Nationale des Bâtiments et Travaux publics, 
Association des Maîtres d'Ouvrages, Fédération Nationale du 
Bâtiment, Fédération des Industries Mécaniques et 
Transformatrices des Métaux, Comité Central des Pêches 
Maritimes, Syndicat National des Entrepreneurs de Réseaux, de 
Centrales et de Travaux Electriques Publics et Industriels; 
Belgium: Christelijke Centrale der Houtbewerkers en Bouwvakarbeiders 
Beroepsverbond Antwerpen, FABRIMETAL; 
Italy: Various construction and public works associations and 
representatives of awarding authorities, Associazione Italiana fra 
Addetti alia Sicurezza; 
Ireland Construction Industry Federation 
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Germany: Associations in the agricultural sector; 
Portugal: Associaçâo de Empresas de Construçâo e Obras Pûblicas do Sul, 
Associaçâo das Mulhères Agricultoras de Portugal; 
By doing so, the Commission and the NLCs have been able to pool their work on SMEs and 
high-risk sectors and received huge editorial coverage in the sectoral trade press, this being in 
addition to the stimulation of local schemes. 
a) Co-funded schemes 
(Item n.B of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
National liaison committees (NLCs) received grant applications totalling more than ECU 
27 million. 
After preselection at national level, 508 projects involving co-funded schemes were submitted 
by NLCs, approved by the Advisory Steering Committee (ASC) and accepted by the 
Commission. 
The Council Decision called for a minimum of 50% of expenditure on these schemes. 
Expenditure on these projects was ECU 7 133 971 out of a total of 12 million, i.e. 60% of total 
funding. 
The average level of Community funding for these projects was of the order of 27%. 
Details of these co-funded activities may be found in the summaries of activities provided by the 
Member States (see §C). 
b) Transnational projects 
Annex 1.2.e of the Council Decision 25 July 1991 states that precedence would be given to 
projects which fostered transnational exchanges. 
54 projects were submitted under this heading. After checking their compliance with the 
objectives of the European Year, the ASC in turn submitted them, together with its opinion, to 
the Commission so that the latter could seek appropriate forms of funding. 
In the light of the available budget, and the readiness or otherwise of the organisations proposing 
them to provide follow-up, the Commission decided to support five projects (European Trade 
Union Confederation, Comité syndical européen des services publics, European Work Hazards 
Group, European Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions, Bundesverband 
LandwirtschaftlicherBerufsgenossenschaften). In addition, 10 schemes were funded by national 
liaison committees, 32 were accorded permission to use the logo. 
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B.4 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 
a) Strategic approach 
The messages of the European Year were designed to: 
promote and enhance all Community measures concerning safely, hygiene and health 
protection at work; 
make young people, workers and employers more aware of hazards in their working life 
and of ways to alleviate these; 
incorporate the underlying rationale for the campaign, i.e. the high human, social and 
economic cost of industrial accidents and occupational diseases; 
tackle the four priority themes: clean air at work, measures to reduce noise and vibration, 
safety at work, well-being at work; 
be specifically targeted at individual groups: the working population in general, SMEs, 
high-risk sectors, young people and education and training; 
be useable in all 12 Member States and in the nine Community languages. 
The messages were also designed to encourage the working world to redouble its efforts to 
eliminate industrial accidents and occupational diseases. 
The Commission undertook to create and produce information and communication tools and to 
distribute these wherever this was best done at the Community level and with its resources. NLCs 
took charge of this distribution in most cases, in order to ensure that the campaign retained its 
"grass roots" character. 
In its creative and production work, the Commission made use of a range of disciplines as 
described below. 
b. Promotion and publicity 
(Item n.A.3.b) of the annex to the Council Decision) 
1) Logo 
A logo symbolising safety, hygiene and health protection at work was selected right at 
the beginning of the campaign. Protected by copyright, it was used on all mail sent by the 
Commission, the NLCs and the promoters of the 508 co-funded schemes. In addition to 
co-funded projects entitled to use the logo, some 2 092 schemes were granted 
authorisation to use the logo for the Year and thus played a multiplier role in making the 
Year better known. 
The results of the Eurobarometer survey conducted at the end of the Year (May-June 
1993) indicated that the logo was familiar to 21% of Europeans aged over 15 years. This 
high recognition by the public is an argument for continuing its use to identify action 
undertaken by the European Communities in this field. 
2) Slogan 
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The slogan "Europe 92: Let's make it a better place to work" was put forward by the ASC 
and adopted by the Commission because it was clearly identified with the Year and gave 
a concise summary of its objectives. In the nine languages of the Community, it was used 
together with the logo in a wide range of applications. 
3) Posters and notices 
Posters were adopted as a particularly flexible communication tool for an awareness-
enhancement campaign. They were suitable for all kinds of premises used by the 
organisations or target groups involved in the Year, such as government departments, 
firms, organisations and educational establishments. Four specific posters were designed 
around the themes of the Year, the slogan being adapted to reflect experience of these 
themes and to stress both the progress already made and the need to continue the work. 
A fifth more general poster was designed in which the four individual silhouettes of the 
thematic posters were grouped around the logo and the slogan. 
The art work for this general poster was carried over into a smaller notice used for 
outdoor advertising. Designed for poster space offered free to support the programme of 
the Commission and of the NLCs, this material made a particular impact in a number of 
European stations and airports, workplaces, information centres, buses, etc. 
A total of 352 721 posters and notices were distributed by NLCs, the Commission (and 
particularly its external offices), and by Euro-Info-Centres in order to reach SMEs. 
4) Press advertisements 
It was considered that journals published by trade unions and employer and vocational 
organisations, given their close ties with members of the NLCs, would be able to carry 
the messages of the Year in addition to articles. 
A black and white advertisement was designed for this purpose, using the art work of the 
general poster plus a more detailed message in two versions, one intended for 
"employers" and the other for "workers". 1 870 copies of this advertisement were sent to 
NLCs to be made available to the press. 
5) Illustrated brochure 
As a supplement to the publications programme carried out by the Commission (see 
Paragraph B.4.d), a 12-page colour brochure was produced to meet the information needs 
of readers not closely acquainted with either the field covered by the Year or Community 
activities. 
The illustrations are based on the silhouettes designed for the campaign and the texts 
were drawn up in cooperation with the NLCs. 
442 727 copies of this brochure were distributed through the same channels as for the 
posters. 
6) TV spots 
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During the second half of the year, contacts led to an offer by the major satellite TV 
channels (MTV, CNN, Eurosport, Screensport, Superchannel, Euronews) to provide free 
broadcasting. It was therefore decided to produce four awareness-enhancement spots on 
the four themes of the campaign. The series began with a 20-second spot on combatting 
noise and vibration at work. In terms of the rates normally charged, this free television 
publicity was worth more than ECU 1 000 000. 
7) Direct marketing 
A limiting direct marketing programme was carried out as a targeted and less expensive 
way of reaching certain categories of people capable of playing a major multiplier role. 
42 000 personalised signed communications were sent by the Member of the European 
Commission in charge of employment and social affairs to Members of Parliament and 
politicians, to the heads of companies employing more than 200 people and to 
educationalists and training personnel. 
8) Promotional articles 
With the aim of promoting the use of the logo, small numbers of promotional articles 
were produced: flags, banners, stickers, pins, badges, pens, T-shirts, bags, etc. 
This material was distributed to national liaison committees in the Member States, to the 
Commission's external offices and, on request, to various events and conferences. 
Large numbers of schemes bought such items for use during their projects. 
N.B. : It should be noted that budgetary constraints and other priorities made the Commission 
decide not to purchase advertising space or air time during the European Year. The 
invitation to tender for this kind of campaign indicated that the probable cost was 
approximately ECU [1 203 900], a very large sum compared to the available budget. 
As noted above, the dissemination of messages and their multiplier effects were achieved 
thanks to the voluntary action of the organisations involved and the "pro bono" approach 
adopted by the media. 
c) Promotion of television programmes and videos 
(Item H.A.2.b of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
Implementation of the Council's decision to fund the promotion of television programmes 
and videos took due account not only of the importance of this medium and its specificity 
but also of budgetary constraints and the priorities imposed on producers by the nature 
of the audience. 
Well aware of the long deadlines involved in producing and programming broadcasts, the 
Commission organised as early as 1991 two information sessions to bring together 
representatives of the major national television channels. As a result of these meetings, 
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25 suggested programmes meeting the objectives of the Year were submitted and 17 of 
these received partial funding: 
Belgium "Aile vijf', scientific magazine 
BRTNTV1 -Brussels 
"Produire, reproduire", in the weekly programme "Autant savoir" 
RTBF 1 Télévision - Brussels 
This film was awarded the "Zap d'or" prize as part of the 1992 
journalism prize awarded by Crédit Communal in Belgium 
(Brussels) 
Denmark "Work hard, die young" 
TV 2 Danmark - Odense 
Germany 
Greece 
Ireland 
Italy "Gesundheitsmagazin Praxis" 
ZDF -Mainz 
"Lademan's family" 
ZDF - Mainz 
"Health and Safety at the Workplace" 
Papadakis-Chronopoulos Film & TV Productions - Athens 
"La sécurité, la santé et les bonnes conditions de travail" 
IRIS FILM TV - Athens 
"Agricultural Safety and Children" 
RTE Radio Telefis Eirann - Dublin 
"I grandi agglomerati urbani e la nécessita di tutelare quanti 
svolgono la professione di vigile urbano" 
RAI - Radiotelevisione Italia - Rome 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom "Absenteeism: an effective approach" 
Stichting Teleac - Utrecht 
"In the dust" 
RVU Educatieve Omroep - Hilversum 
"Tomorrow is a better day" ' 
Desire Productions B. V. - Utrecht 
"You will see" 
Katholieke Radio Omroep - Hilversum 
"It's better to prevent" 
Primeira Imagem, Producoes Audiovisais LDS, Lisbon 
"Asthma - allergic to the Twentieth Century" 
BBC Enterprises - London 
"Thames Help Programme for the European Year of Safety, 
Hygiene and Health Protection at Work" 
Thames Television Pic, Middlesex 
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Further progammes, without any Community funding, were also produced by national or private 
channels in a number of Member States. 
In the interests of cost-effectiveness, and given the quality of the productions submitted, the 
Commission decided to promote the best of these by making them available to all channels of the 
twelve Member States. 
d. Documentation and publication 
(Item n.A.3.a of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
In addition to the general awareness-enhancement material described above (Paragraph B.4.b), 
specific types of information were drawn up to disseminate information on Community 
legislative activities in the field of health and safety at work as widely as possible and with the 
aim of encouraging organisations to participate in the Year by supplying them with a set of basic 
documentation. 
1 082 877 copies of information kits in the nine Community languages were produced: 
- general information brochures: 112 000 copies; 
general information dossiers: 47 000 copies; 
- an analytical report on the survey "Europeans and health and safety at work": 4 000 
copies; 
a European file "Safety and health at work; a challenge for Europe": 220 000 copies; 
- a leaflet about the Year or the Eurobarometer results; 62 650 copies; 
catalogue for the European video festival: 6 000 copies; 
- information brochure for the general public: 442 727 copies; 
a report "Working with dangerous substances": 64 000 copies; 
- a report "Occupational health and safety training": 64 000 copies; 
a report "Health and safety training in the fisheries sector": 32 500 copies; 
a report "GPs and occupational diseases": 28 000 copies; 
- out soon, a report on "Safety and health in the construction sector" and a guide on safety 
and health at work for SMEs; 
- Hygeia, a monthly information bulletin, produced in conjunction with the European 
Foundation for the Improvement of Working Conditions: 1 096 000 copies distributed, 
14 issues. 
A stock of these publications was made available to NLCs, the Commission's external offices and 
the European Parliament, as well as Euro Info Centres to serve SMEs in particular. Given the 
very worrying economic climate in Europe for SMEs, the Commission decided to avoid 
increasing their legal obligations and rather to draw up practical teaching materials which could 
allow company managers to check their practices complied with the firms' obligations under 
health and safety at work directives. 
Two reports were compiled in conjunction with DG XXIII: 
- safety and health at work: guide for SMEs 
self-audit handbook: safety and health at work, for use by SMEs 
The Commission conducted direct mail shots to health and safety specialists, professional 
associations, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, etc. 
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The entire stock was distributed, particularly to those organising events and by direct mail to 
companies. It should be noted that the Commission continues to receive requests for some of 
these publications and that these have had to be reprinted. 
e. Press and public relations 
(Item n.C.3 of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
Commission staff have undertaken a number of public relations activities aimed primarily at the 
media with, where appropriate, the cooperation of the Spokesman's Group, the Commission's 
external offices and the NLCs. 
Communication with the mass media took a number of forms. 
Two press releases, containing general information about the Year, were distributed at 
Community level. They first described the campaign, its objectives, the reasons for it and its 
structure; the second concerned the interim report and stressed the positive response given to the 
Year by all the sectors involved. Media coverage for the opening conference was harnessed by 
a local press conference for national and invited foreign journalists and a parallel video 
conference for accredited journalists in Brussels. It was rounded off by a press release. 
The audiovisual festival and the closing conference were each accompanied by a local press 
conference and a Community press release. 
A central file was established covering the trade press and technical or occupational liaison 
titles. In addition to publications by trade unions and employer and occupational organisations, 
this file also covered publications specialising in safety, hygiene and health at the workplace, 
high-risk sectors and SMEs. It was drawn on as needed either to widen the distribution of press 
releases or for sending out specialist publications or dossiers about the Year as a backup to local 
mailings by NLCs. 
The Commission suggested the establishment by the Federation of European Industrial Editors 
Associations (FEIEA) of a journalism competition designed to raise the awareness of company 
information bodies and to reward the best articles devoted to health and safety at work. 
Once the competition had closed, bi-partite (FEIEA/EC) national juries selected 17 finalists from 
the 150 applications meeting the competition criteria. 
The Grand Jury nominated one prize winner for EC Member States and for non-EC countries in 
category I of the competition for general articles on safety, hygiene and health protection at work. 
In category II, articles on specific topics, there were two joint winners from the EC and one from 
outside the EC. 
The prizes were awarded at the Copenhagen closing conference (Paragraph B.2.b). 
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B.5. OTHER AWARENESS-ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
(Item II.C.l of the Annex to the Council Decision) 
1. Partnership 
The Commission sought partners capable of carrying out schemes with their own resources. 
The themes and objectives of the Year were presented to a hundred or so sectoral occupational 
organisations at a meeting in Brussels on 12 December 1991. Following on from this meeting, 
a number of sectoral trade union and employer organisations in both the public and private sector, 
as well as companies operating at a European level, have implemented schemes meeting the 
criteria of the campaign. 
The major projects include those carried out by: 
- European Organisation of the International Federation of the Public Services 
EUROFEDOP; 
- Confédération Européenne des Cadres; 
- Association européenne des Gaz de Pétrole Liquéfiés A.E.G.P.L.; 
- European Asphalt Pavement Association E.A.P.A.; 
European Disposables and Nonwovens Association EDANA; 
- European Association for the Promotion of Hand Hygiene; 
- European Cement Association CEMBUREAU; 
EC Committee of American Chambers of Commerce; 
- Lyonnaise des Eaux Dumez; 
- 3M Europe 
- Smithkline Beecham Europe. 
Whenever possible, the Commission sent a representative to meetings held by these 
organisations. 
3. Exhibitions and fairs 
A stand representing the European Year was a feature of a number of exhibitions and fairs, 
including the "Salon Européen de l'Etudiant" (Brussels), the "Foire Internationale de 
Luxembourg" and "Europa 92" at Nice (first Congress of European Community Associations of 
Chambers of Commerce and Industry). 
4. Philately 
The Commission informed the directors of the postal services of the twelve Member States of 
the Council decision concerning the "European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection 
at Work", requesting these organisations to contribute to the Year by issuing a special stamp 
featuring the logo and by a postmark on the same theme. 
Although the issues for 1992 had already been scheduled long before, three countries - Germany, 
Portugal and Greece - brought out a stamp devoted to the European Year. Six countries -
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Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal - produced a 
postmark on the theme of the Year. 
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C. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE MEMBER STATES 
The National Liaison Committees were requested to present the following brief summaries of 
their activities. A more comprehensive report may in each case be found by referring to the 
document listed at the beginning of each report. 
C. I The Year in Belgium 
C,2 The Year in Denmark 
C.3 The Year in Germany 
C.4 The Year in Greece 
C.5 The Year in Spain 
C.6 The Year in France 
C. 7 The Year in Ireland 
C.8 The Year in Italy 
C.9 The Year in Luxembourg 
C. 10 The Year in the Netherlands 
C.ll The Year in Portugal 
C.I 2 The Year in the United Kingdom 
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CL THE YEAR IN BELGIUM 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNBEL) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mr Paul Silon 
Organisation responsible for management: 
MINISTERE DE L'EMPLOI ET DU TRAVAIL 
rue Belliard 53 
B-1040 BRUSSELS 
Some figures: 
9 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 57 
Total number of schemes: 66 
Total cost of projects: ECU 824 923 
Community support: ECU 321 029 
Summary 
The following objectives were laid down by the Belgian committee: 
- the social upgrading of the prevention of industrial accidents and support for those 
involved in this work; 
- the inclusion of health and safety considerations in public policy in all fields but 
particularly in education and training; 
better consultation and expertise, the two key aspects of Belgian prevention policy; 
- in-depth reconsideration of possible changes to Belgian prevention policy and structures 
so as to take account of profound social change and the active role played by the 
European Commission in this field; 
- giving priority to a prevention policy for working conditions and firms at European level, 
particularly after 1 January 1993 - and the dissemination of information about the work 
done in this field by the European Commission. 
In order to optimise success in achieving these objectives, it was decided not to spread the limited 
financial resources over a large number of projects but rather to devote them to nine well 
designed campaigns at national level enjoying tripartite support. The greatest effort was 
concentrated on SMEs, the most vulnerable workers (young people, temporary staff, student 
workers ...), education and training. 
At the same time, a number of carefully chosen sectoral projects received support, particularly 
in sectors with a large number of SMEs or where prevention had as yet received little attention. 
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Not only employers and employees but also experts on prevention and institutions were closely 
associated with these campaigns and projects. 
The logo of the European Year was very widely distributed. 
Particular efforts were made to interest the media and particularly the trade and company press 
in all the initiatives of the European Year. Excellent results were achieved. 
C.2. THE YEAR IN DENMARK 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNDNK) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mr Erik Andersen 
Organisation responsible for management 
ARBEJDSTILSYNET 
Landskronagade 33-35 
DK 2100 KOBENHAVN 0 
Some figures: 
42 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 68 
Total number of schemes: 110 
Total cost of projects: ECU 1 565 210 
Community support: ECU 299 627 
Summary 
Denmark used the European Year to intensify efforts to improve health and safely and prevent 
accidents both nationally and internationally. Cooperation in this field with EFT A and Eastern 
European countries is continually being improved. 
The slogan "Arbejdsmiljo uden graenser" (Free trade in health and safety) was used to publicise 
the European Year. 
The aim was to strengthen cooperation between those involved in health and safety - both sides 
of industry, the authorities and other interested parties. Also the media, schools and cultural 
events were used to raise awareness. 
C.3 THE YEAR IN GERMANY 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNDEU) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Dr Walter Eichendorf 
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Organisation responsible for management: 
HAUPTVERBAND DER GEWERBLICHEN BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFTEN 
Postfach 2052 
D 53754 SANKT AUGUSTIN 
Some figures: 
64 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 172 
Total number of schemes: 236 
Total cost of projects: ECU 3 698 740 
Community support: ECU 1 169 971 
Summary 
In the light of the unusual situation with regard to safety and health protection at work in 
Germany after the unification of the two German states, the national committee for this European 
Year emphasised the organisation of events in the new Lander. The European Year was 
accordingly inaugurated on 18 March 1992 in Erfurt. A conference was organised in Berlin in 
October 1992 in order to draw up an interim assessment. The closing ceremony was held on 22 
January 1993 and provided a link between the theme of this Year and the world of tomorrow: the 
permanent exhibition on safety at work in Germany (DASA) was presented in Dortmund. 
On 23/24 June 1993, the results of the Year were presented and an assessment drawn up during 
a conference held in Gera (Thuringia) which was based on three earlier seminars in May 1993. 
As part of "Safety and Health Protection at Work (A+A)" - the largest specialised conference in 
Europe and associated with an exhibition on the same subject - the European Commission has 
scheduled for 27 October 1993 a European conference to assess the success achieved by this 
Year. All national liaison committees of the Member States will be given an opportunity to 
present their results. 
Given the short deadline for organising a European Year, and a total population in Germany of 
80 million people, the German liaison committee was forced to adopt a two phase strategy. The 
first phase - during the course of the Year - saw target groups being approached, these being 
specialists in health protection at work, company experts, politicians and "personality 
intermediaries". During the second phase - which will be£in in October 1993 with the AA 
conference in Dusseldorf - activities will be extended to cover all workers and all companies. 
C.4 THE YEAR IN GREECE 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNGRC) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mr Ioannis Iliopoulos 
Organisation responsible for management: 
MINISTRY OF LABOUR 
40, Pireos Street 
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GR-10182 ATHENS 
Some figures: 
74 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 210 
Total number of schemes: 284 
Total cost of projects: ECU 1 525 184 
Community support: ECU 378 100 
Summary 
The GreekNational Liaison Committee was set up in January 1991. It consists of representatives 
of the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Social Security, the Greek 
General Confederation of Labour and the Confederation of Greek Employers. 
As part of a very extensive campaign the National Liaison Committee contacted (personally or 
by mail) everybody likely to be interested in information about the Year's objectives, inviting 
them to cooperate and participate actively in the scheduled activities. 
Activities organised in Greece during the European Year included those of the NLC and those 
of local committees established to heighten the awareness of employment related bodies and 
provinces. 
1. Schemes run by the Greek National Liaison Committee 
a. Press conference held by Mrs Vasso Papandreou in November 1991; 
b. March 1992: conference organised by the National Liaison Committee to 
officially launch the European Year in Greece; 
c. May 1992: commemorative stamp issued; 
d. August 1992: printing of the logo of the European Year on tickets for the urban 
transport network of the city of Athens; 
e. display of posters in areas used by the public and printing of brochures and 
stickers; 
f. talks given by members of the National Liaison Committee, distribution of 
documentation during symposia, conferences and seminars organised by scientific 
and professional bodies. 
2. Local committees were established in 54 prefectures and undertook the following 
activities: 
a. poster competitions; 
b. exhibitions; 
c. seminars aimed at local organisations; 
d. publication of brochures, etc. 
The National Liaison Committee, with funding from the Commission of the European 
Communities, organised two events: 
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November 1992: seminar on hygiene and safety attended by 200 technical inspectors and 
employers' and workers' representatives; 
January 1993: national conference on "Safety, hygiene and health protection at work in 
Greece - prospects in the European integration process". 
C5. THE YEAR IN SPAIN 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNESP) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: 
Mr Alonso Arenal 
Organisation responsible for management: 
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SEGURIDAD E HYGIENE EN EL TRAB AJO 
C/Torrelaguna, 73 
E - 28027 MADRID 
Some figures: 
39 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 79 
Total number of schemes: 118 
Total cost of projects: ECU 1 907 412 
Community support: ECU 763 335 
Summary 
The Council Decision of 25 July 1991, which proclaimed 1992 "European Year of Safety, 
Hygiene and Health Protection at Work", was warmly welcomed in Spain. 
Throughout this "Year", awareness-enhancement and information schemes were in operation. 
The awareness campaign involved very widespread distribution of Community and national 
posters and publicity items, accompanied by a television publicity campaign funded by the 
National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (INSHT) and broadcast by all Spanish television 
channels during November and December 1992. 
Information on specific aspects of the "European Year" particularly concerned the drafting and 
distributing of documents designed to give a better understanding of the various directives, the 
production of audiovisual material (particularly on fisheries and agriculture), the preparation of 
appropriate resources for SMEs, computerised noise control programmes and the organisation 
of a number of colloquia which not only popularised the objectives of the Year but also provided 
a forum to discuss them. 
This was in addition to efforts made to improve vocational training structures and hence improve 
the training of technicians and other persons working in hazard prevention. 
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C.6. THE YEAR IN FRANCE 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNFRA) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: 
Miss Mireille Berthezene 
Organisation responsible for management: 
MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL, DE L'EMPLOI ET DE LA FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE 
Direction des Relations des Travail 
Place Fontenoy,! 
F-73 350 PARIS 07 SP 
Some figures: 
64 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 160 
Total number of schemes: 224 
Total cost of projects: ECU 5 499 431 
Community support: ECU 870 344 
Summary 
The French Government and the French National Liaison Committee were determined to use the 
European Year to make people much more aware of health and safety at the workplace. 
The French national liaison committee set itself two objectives: 
- to make all those associated with employment more aware of health and safety at the 
workplace by means of a series of activities and events organised at national and local 
level; 
to raise awareness of Community activities in the field of health and safety. 
Under the aegis of the national liaison committee, all institutions (ministries, social security 
institutions) and all those involved in prevention (employer and employee organisations and 
private-sector companies) played a great role in the success of the European Year. 
The key event of the Year in France, the 1992 "International eForum on Occupational Health" 
(FITS), brought to Paris more than 1000 national and international prevention specialists, who 
discussed in particular the new situation created by the Community directives. 
19 regional "European Year" forums were attended by more than 8000 individuals mostly 
involved at local level in health and safety at the workplace. 
The European Year featured the organisation of a number of events, of which the most significant 
were: the Creusot Information Festival, the European Occupational Medicine Conference, the 
la Rochelle discussions and the Science and Safety Forum staged by the National Scientific 
Research Centre. 
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In addition, a number of training schemes were implemented for high-risk sectors. For example, 
Transports Gouverneur drew up a personalised training scheme for all of its staff in order to 
develop their "safely awareness". The national organisation for injured seamen undertook a 
training scheme for all those involved in prevention activities in the fisheries sector. 
By involving all its constituent prevention organisations, by the diversity and quality of the 
initiatives it engendered, and by the exchanges of experience that it permitted, the European Year 
was a major step in making workers more aware of health and safety at the work place. 
C7. THE YEAR IN IRELAND 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNIRL) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: 
Mr Leo Costello 
Organisation responsible for management: 
HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY 
Hogan Place 
IRL - DUBLIN 2 
Some figures: 
24 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 17 
Total number of schemes: 41 
Total cost of projects: ECU 927 252 
Community support: ECU 235 421 
Summary 
The European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work was very enthusiastically 
welcomed in Ireland and we are pleased to be able to report great success in achieving its 
objectives, which were: 
making public opinion better aware of workplace health and safety issues; 
- improving information about hazards and the measures needed for safety and health 
protection at the workplace; 
- improving the distribution of information to the target audience. 
A restricted National Liaison Committee was established and this organisation, representing a 
vast range of organisations and coordinated by the Health and Safety Authority, drew up a 
programme for the European Year which tackled subjects such as: 
- clean air at work; 
safety at work; 
- noise and vibration; 
- well being; 
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and focused on the following high-risk sectors: 
- agriculture and fisheries; 
the chemicals industry; 
- construction; 
SMEs. 
This programme specifically concerned workplace problems in Ireland. Events were scheduled 
in such a way that each month of the European Year was devoted to a particular theme. 
A whole range of activities (comprising promotion/awareness-enhancement campaigns, specially 
targeted schemes and research and surveys) were carried out with funding from the European 
Commission. Some were designed to produce an immediate impact and others to continue to 
yield results well beyond the European Year. 
C8. THE YEAR IN ITALY 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNITA) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: 
Dr Giovanna Rocca-Ercoli 
Organisation responsible for management: 
MINISTERO DEL LAVORO E DELLA PREVIDENZA SOCIALE 
6, via Flavia 
I-00167 ROME 
Some figures: 
42 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 122 
Total number of schemes: 164 
Total cost of projects: ECU 3 451 231 
Community support: ECU 1 155 703 
Summary 
Great interest was aroused by the awareness-enhancement campaign launched by the EC in 
proclaiming 1992 the "European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work". 
Information and training initiatives in the field of safety were primarily designed to make the 
general public, as well as those categories of people more directly concerned, more aware of 
safety issues. 
The initial stimulus to these activities was undoubtedly reinforced by the national opening 
conference, during which the social partners conducted an extensive discussion of safety 
problems in the light of new obligations under Community regulations. 
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Some of Italy's largest companies took a lead in these activities, such as Alitalia, Italian National 
Railways, Enel and SIP. Besides making the European campaign known to the public at large by 
displaying EC posters in airports, stations and their premises used by the public, they also 
launched company campaigns focusing particularly on staff training. 
To encourage active participation by staff, Alitalia organised a safety slogan competition, 
awarding prizes to the five best slogans. 
Secondary and university education also responded favourably by organising seminars, 
congresses and the the presentation of research projects. 
Among the media, the trade press responded positively to the campaign but this could not be said 
of the national newspapers and independent television. By contrast, the state-run television rather 
tardily agreed to cooperate and it is hoped this will continue. In particular, the RAI2 channel 
devoted its "Diogenes" daily programme on 11 and 12 January to safety at the workplace. 
A welcome government initiative, also involving employers' and employees' representatives, 
drew up specific safety training programmes for each sector so as to form a permanent feature 
of vocational training courses. 
C.9. THE YEAR IN LUXEMBOURG 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNLUX) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mr Paul Weber 
Organisation responsible for management: 
INSPECTION DU TRAVAIL ET DES MINES 
rue Zithe, 26 
L - 2010 LUXEMBOURG 
Some figures: 
5 schemes at national level co-fiinded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 9 
Total number of schemes: 14 
Total cost of projects: ECU 481 430 
Community support: ECU 206 885 
Summary 
For the Grand-Duchy, the European Year was an occasion to take stock of current legislation and 
of the implications of Community legislation. 
At the present time, health and safety issues are covered by more than 300 pieces of legislation. 
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Two bills have been put before the Chamber of Deputies, one transposing Directive 89/391/EEC 
into Luxembourg law, the other with particular reference to health at the workplace. 
To ensure that existing legislation is applied in accordance with the provisions of the Single 
Market, the activities of the Labour and Mines Inspectorate also include training a hundred 
Customs officers to conduct health and safety monitoring at the workplace. This training will be 
carried out as an integrated tripartite programme. 
One of Luxembourg's priorities was to intensify links between the social partners. At the same 
time, awareness-enhancement, training and information activities fully lived up to expectations, 
even in sectors particularly difficult to motivate. 
CIO. THE YEAR IN THE NETHERLANDS 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNNLD) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mr D.J. Olivier 
Organisation responsible for management: 
DIRECTORAAT-GENERAL VAN DE ARBEID 
Postbus 90804 
NL - 2509 LV THE HAGUE 
Some figures: 
27 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 29 
Total number of schemes: 56 
Total cost of projects: ECU 1 871 083 
Community support: ECU 363 833 
Summary 
Working conditions policy in the Netherlands, as defined in the relevant legislation, is essentially 
a matter of the respective obligations of employers and workers. The underlying philosophy is 
to give maximum possible autonomy to the social partners. After all, these are the parties most 
directly concerned and best able to take the initiative. It is also very much in their interest for 
intermediary bodies to play an active role in this field. The activities called for under the 
European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work are thus entirely in agreement 
with the principle safeguarded by Dutch legislation. Against this background, the National 
Liaison Office concentrated on encouraging companies and intemediary organisations to launch 
personal initiatives. 
The objectives of the European Year are part of a much broader canvas. The themes it tackles 
reflect national policy choices. Activities programmed during the European Year are in addition 
to a number undertaken by the government, leading to links between a range of schemes. This 
synergy takes the following form: 
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the Dutch government's policy on working conditions is linked to policy aimed at 
reducing absenteeism for reasons of illness or incapacity to work; 
- the working conditions policy of the Netherlands accords priority to certain sectors also 
regarded as a priority by the European Year; 
themes regarded as policy priorities by the Dutch government correspond to the priority 
themes identified by the Commission of the European Communities, for example 
physical constraints, noise and vibrations, psychological tension/wellbeing/stress. 
Over the next few years, particular attention will have to be paid to the evaluation and 
implementation of directives. To this end, all parties concerned will have to receive effective and 
unambiguous information: the dissemination of information during the Year is a first significant 
step towards this. SMEs were, however, very late in receiving information. In addition to good 
information, SMEs will also have to receive practical assistance. One such field is their new 
obligations in terms of risk identification and assessment. Here, sectoral organisations can play 
an important role at national level. 
C.ll. THE YEAR IN PORTUGAL 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNPRT) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Mrs Pinto Marvao 
Organisation responsible for management: 
DIRECCAO-GERAL DE HIGIENE & SEGURANCA DO TRABALHO 
Avenida da Republica, 84-5* 
P-1600 LISBON 
Some figures: 
16 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 750 
Total number of schemes: 766 
Total cost of projects: ECU 873 162 
Community support: ECU 392 368 
Summary 
For the following reasons, the European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work 
came at just the right time for Portugal: 
the social dimension of the Single Market needed extension; 
priority was being given to a knowledge of the legislation and of Community standards 
for safety, hygiene and health protection at work, as well as technical and organisational 
aspects of the prevention of occupational hazards; 
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agreements achieved through employer/employee discussion were being strengthened; 
there was a need to reduce the number of accidents and diseases. 
To meet these objectives, the national programme brought together a very wide range of 
initiatives, reflecting the dominance of the themes and sectors regarded as priorities by the 
European Community. 
In examining the projects conducted during the European Year, attention should be drawn to the 
way in which they were presented and carried out, the organisational skills demonstrated by the 
private sector, the increase in awareness and motivation of employers, technicians and workers 
in terms of safety, hygiene and health protection at work, not to mention their consensual 
approach to these issues and their recognition of the importance of the contribution made by the 
Community to improving these conditions, the shortage of technical experts and the difficulties 
encountered by SMEs in responding quickly and correctly to their obligations under Community 
legislation. 
As far as implementation proposals are concerned, a widespread consensus is emerging on the 
urgent need to implement the agreement on safety, hygiene and health protection at work 
negotiated between the government and the social partners, employing the measures it sets out 
for the various fields. 
The European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work has been extremely 
successful and the momentum achieved has made it possible to emphasise certain approaches, 
including a "prevention week" to be conducted in each district. 
C.12. THE YEAR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 
(Summary: a complete report may be found in document RNGBR) 
NLC: Specially created tripartite committee: for a membership list, see Annex 2) 
Person responsible: Ms Felicity Harte 
Organisation responsible for management: 
HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE 
Baynards House 
Chepstow Place 
UK-LONDON W2 4TF 
Some figures: 
102 schemes at national level co-funded by the Commission 
Number of schemes without Commission funding: 419 
Total number of schemes: 521 
Total cost of projects: ECU 4 241 853 
Community support: ECU 977 354 
Summary 
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Priorities: 
To raise awareness, provide information and stimulate action to improve health and safety 
standards at the workplace - in particular among small firms. 
Publicity: 
The Year was launched throughout the country with speeches and press conferences. During the 
Year publicity was good at local level and in the technical and trade press. 
Events: 
EC co-funded activities included seminars, training materials, award schemes and road shows. 
Over 80% were targeted at small firms and 60% at young trainees. The national conference 
covered the enforcement of EC health and safety legislation. Other initiatives included two 
occupational health conferences; a prize in the National Training Awards; a conference and 
exhibition on the Year's four themes; campaigns on agriculture, construction, noise, occupational 
health, small businesses and the new directives. 
Health and Safety Week (23 - 27 November 1992): 100 000 information packs were sent to 
firms, and 1 500 organisations participated. Events took place every day throughout the country. 
Evaluation: 
The volume, variety and range of activities show that there was enthusiasm for the Year. In many 
cases employees as well as safety specialists participated. 
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D. OTHER ACTIVITIES 
D.l Europen Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 
D.2 Employers'organisations 
D. 3 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 
D.l European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 
During the European Year, ETUC prepared a number of projects to train and inform workers' 
representatives. 
These included organising and conducting seminars and colloquia to make the trade-union 
movement more aware of the importance of Community action, to stress prevention and to 
identify and disseminate examples of good practice so as to provide a common reference 
framework for trade union initiatives. 
These events were organised around important safety, hygiene and health issues such as health 
and safety management, occupationally-induced cancers, air purity and wellbeing at work. 
Other schemes tackled a European definition of risk evaluation, the role of workers and their 
representatives in the risk evaluation process and accident and disease prevention at the 
workplace in the EFTA and EC countries. 
ETUC's contribution to the European Year included: 
- Preparation and organisation of a conference on prevention at the workplace in the EC 
and EFTA countries. 
21-22 December 1992, Luxembourg 
- Organising and staging two seminars: 
Air purity - 15-17 October 1992, Thessaloniki; 
- Wellbeing at the workplace - 15 and 16 November 1992, Amsterdam. 
- Organising and holding two seminars on safety and health at the workplace: 
Health and safety management - 22 and 23 June 1992, Copenhagen; 
Occupationally-induced cancers - 18 and 19 January 1993, Hattingen. 
- Preparation and production of a film on preventing occupational diseases designed to 
train and inform company safety managers. 
1992 - France 
- European seminar on risk evaluation in the workplace aimed at workers and their 
representatives. 
8 and 11 September 1993, Rome 
- Project covering training activities for workers' representatives: a survey followed by the 
drafting of a discussion document on the legal framework, numerical data and training 
methods. 
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June 1993/June 1994 - Brussels/Luxembourg 
D.2 Employers'organisations 
Employers'organisations generally took advantage of the opportunity provided by the European 
Year to improve their members' awareness and knowledge of Community initiatives. 
Prime attention went to reinforcing knowledge of European standards already adopted, by way 
of improved information systems, education and training programmes and activities aimed 
especially at SMEs. 
Employers played their part in organising or helping to organise the many events mentioned in 
this report. They took part in the work of the NLCs, in numerous meetings, exhibitions and 
competitions intended to highlight the themes of the Year and the importance of good health and 
safety practices at the workplace. 
The European Video Film Festival successfully demonstrated the important contribution made 
by employers in the intensive use of videos for training and information purposes, which they 
plan to continue and expand in the future. 
D.3 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 
The EFTA countries are very aware of problems associated with the working environment, 
particularly since the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement came into force. 
As part of the European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, EFTA formed 
a group of experts which has met several times to exchange information and to organise, using 
its own funding, activities to be shared by the seven member countries. These include the 
conference "Workplace problems - the year 2000" held in Oslo. Other activities were carried out 
in the individual countries. 
The following is a list of activities conducted in the various EFTA countries. 
- In Austria, activities concentrated on the following topics: 
* health education and hazard prevention training in schools; 
* the prevention of commuting accidents; 
* informing the employers and workers in SMEs about new national and 
Community regulations with regard to health and safety at work; 
* a campaign to make people aware of health issues and of safety measures 
currently adopted. 
The major topic tackled in Finland was the working environment, particularly with 
regard to preparations for the implementation of EEA regulations. A number of national 
and international seminars examined topics such as the ageing of the active population 
and its consequences, health monitoring and safety at the workplace. 
In Iceland, priority was given to: 
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* 
* strengthening of internal safety systems of companies and institutions; 
establishment of health services at the workplace, in cooperation with health 
centres (initially, this concentrated on protecting workers' hearing); 
improving the statistical coverage of industrial accidents and occupational 
diseases in cooperation with the health services. 
The themes of the Year were often discussed at events organised by trade unions and by a 
number of professional associations. 
- In addition to two conferences held in autumn 1992, Norway focused its activities on: 
* the hazards of using chemicals; 
* working conditions in the public service (including health services); 
* working conditions and health problems in the hotel and catering trade. 
- The European Year saw a number of activities take place in Sweden; the main one was 
a conference on "The status of working women", organised by the Swedish National 
Liaison Committee on 24 May 1993. 
- The Swiss Federal Government and the Federal Coordination Committee allocated 
SFR 520 000 and SFR 600 000 respectively to activities forming part of the European 
Year. Following a similar procedure to that adopted in the Community countries, this 
funding was divided among project promoters by a tripartite national liaison committee. 
16 projects received co-funding and many others took place without grants. Worthy of 
mention are a project to prevent back complaints in the construction and timber 
industries, and an information campaign entitled "Safety in all economic sectors", where 
six conferences on health and hygiene at work were supplemented by information 
booklets on these subjects. 
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E. THE BUDGET 
E. I Allocation of grants 
E. 2 Basis of grant allocation 
E.3 Summary table 
With the support of the European Parliament, an allocation of ECU 7.7 million was made under 
item B3-4320 of the European Communities budget for 1992, together with ECU 4.3 million for 
1993, a total of ECU 12 million. 
E.1 Allocation of grants 
Articles 4 and 5 of the Decision of 25 July 1991 set out the way in which funding was to be 
allocated, stating that at least 50% of available funding must be spent on schemes as defined in 
part B of the Annex to the Council Decision. These are described in paragraph C of this 
document. 
Funding was allocated as follows: 
Grant applications were submitted to the tripartite National Liaison Committee (NLC -
see B.l.c). NLCs received more than 1 961 applications. 
The NLCs passed all grant applications on to the Commission after assigning them to one 
of three categories: 
a) applications approved by the NLC and for which the NLC could make funding 
available; 
b) applications refused by the NLC for budgetary reasons but which complied with 
the Year's objectives; 
c) cases refused because they did not comply with the Year's objectives. 
The Commission submitted all applications to the Advisory Steering Committee (see 
B.l.b) for an opinion. 
The ASC issued an opinion on every project submitted to the Commission. 
In allocating grants, the Commission closely followed the opinion expressed by the ASC. 
E.2 Basis of grant allocation 
The method used to determine individual national allocations was suggested by the Commission 
and approved by the Advisory Steering Committee for the Year. 
Each country was allocated a percentage of the total amount as follows: 
a basic allocation of 2.78%; 
an additional amount depending on the size of the active population, double weighting 
being given jobs in high-risk sectors (agriculture, fisheries, construction) and in SMEs. 
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This calculation yielded the following percentages: 
Belgium 4.5 
Denmark 4.2 
Germany 16.4 
Spain 10.7 
France 12.2 
Greece 5.3 
Ireland 3.3 
Italy 16.2 
Luxembourg 2.9 
Netherlands 5.1 
Portugal 5.5 
United Kingdom 13.7 
E.3 Summary table 
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E.3 - Consolidated budgetary report for 1992 and 1993 
provisional data 
Item B3-4320 European Year 
COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
Council Decision Annex reference 
Council Decision references 
Summary title 
Member State 
B 
DK 
D 
E 
F 
G 
IRL 
I 
L 
NL 
P 
UK 
TOTAL FOR MEMBER 
STATES 
GENERAL EXPENDITURE 
TOTAL 
Total% Part A: actions to be financed entirely from the Community budget 
n.A.la. i II.A.I.C | H.A.2.b : II.A.3.a j HAJ.b 
II.AJ.b : | : | 
H.A.2.a \ \ : | 
Conferences 1 National j TV, video \ Brochures l Campaign, Logo 
Festival 1 conferences : 1 (estimates) : (estimates) 
[ 65 000 [ 116 954 1 38 741 \ 58 438 
189 000 j 65 000 j 45 720 | 36 158 j 54 542 
72 700 \ 56 300 j 174 716 j 141189 | 212 974 
j 65 000 | 28 585 j 92 117 | 138 952 
! 66 175 | 51362 \ 105 031 1 158 432 
216 478 | 65 000 \ 102 705 i 45 628 '1 68 827 
[ 65 000 j 29 983 i 28 410 | 42 854 
j 65 000 j 109 852 \ 139 467 \ 210 377 
| 65 000 1 7 747 | 24 966 i 37 660 
| 65 000 : 101625 : 43 906 : 66 230 
152 328 j 65 000 \ 55 136 \ 47 350 j 71424 
j 65 000 j 184649 f 117945 \ 177911 
630 506 I 772 475 j 1009 036 | 860 910 | 1298 621 
| I j 117 397 | 177 985 
630 506 | 772 475 \ 1009 035 j 978 307 î 1475 706 
S3 | 6.4 | 8.4 j 8.2 j 123 Total 
Part A 
279 133 
390 421 
657 879 
324 655 
381000 
498 638 
166248 
524 697 
135374 
276 761 
391239 
545 504 
4 571 547 
294 482 
4 866029 
40.6 PartB: 
Actions 
cofmanced 
from the 
Community 
budget 
PartB 
Grants 
321 029 
299 627 
1 169 971 
763 335 
870 344 
378100 
235 421 
1 155 703 
206 885 
363 833 
392 368 
977 354 
7 133 971 
7 133 971 
59.4 OVERALL 
TOTAL 
Amounts ! % 
600161 j 5.0 
690 047 \ 5.8 
1827 850 \ 15.2 
1087 990 | 9.1 
1251345 | 10.4 
876 739 ï 73 
401669 | 3 J 
1680 400 j 14.0 
342 259 i 2.9 
640593 j 53 
783 607 | 6.5 
1 522 859. | 12.7 
11705 518 j 97.5 
294 482 j 2£ 
12 000 000 j 100.0 
100.0 ; 
Explanatory notes 
a) The amounts listed in this table are provisional since the budgetary allocations have not 
yet been fully committed. Where the figures are estimates, this is shown in the following 
notes. 
b) Some Part A schemes, particularly national conferences and grants to television channels, 
were not entirely funded from the Community budget: other sources were drawn on. 
c) The column "Part B grants" shows the total budget allocation to each Member State, 
based on objective criteria such as the active population, employment in high-risk sectors 
and in SMEs. These criteria were adopted by the Advisory Steering Committee for the 
Year (see § E.2). These are commitment appropriations and not the final payment of the 
resulting grants. Indeed, some payments are still being carried out and there may be some 
differences between these and the appropriation credits. 
d) The column "conferences, festival" includes the opening and closing conferences in 
Lisbon and Copenhagen respectively (§ B.2.a and B.2.b), the evaluation conference in 
Dusseldorf (§ B.2.c) and the Thessaloniki Film Festival (§ B.2.d). 
e) The column "national conferences" concerns the funding made available to national 
liaison committees to organise the conferences, colloquia and seminars called for under 
part A of the Council Decision (§ B.2.c). In most cases, these sums do not cover all 
expenditure on the event. 
f) The heading "TV and video" refers to grants to national channels and other schemes to 
promote video cassettes (distribution of the catalogue of training films, film translation, 
the project for an interchange of national films) (§.4.c). The funding for these schemes 
was split among Member States on the basis of the formula referred to above (§ E.2). 
g) Production of brochures and booklets covers the drafting, production and distribution of 
the various publications for the Year (§ B.4.d). Division between Member States was 
based on the formula referred to above. 
h) The information campaign and logo promotion involved the design, production and 
distribution of publicity material (posters, notices, brochures, miscellaneous promotional 
items ...) (§ B.4.b) and the public relations and opinion survey activities carried out 
during the Year (§ B.4.e). The division between the Member States was based on the 
above formula. 
i) The "general expenditure" heading covers expenditure on information activities carried 
out by the Commission itself. 
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F. CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES 
1. In its Decision of 25 July 1991 on an action programme for the European Year, the 
Council 
noted that 1992 would see the completion of the third action programme 
concerning safety, hygiene and health at work, and that stock should be taken 
of the programme, its coherence demonstrated and emphasis placed on the 
commitment of employers and workers to health and safety; 
acknowledged the predominant role of heightening public awareness and of 
information, increased awareness and training for employers and workers for 
the success of the third action programme; 
noted the need to improve knowledge of the content and implications of 
Community legislation in the field. 
It set out as the objective of the Year "to conduct a number of activities designed to 
promote and enhance the value of the substantial body of Community measures in 
the field of safety, hygiene and health at work". 
2. The current document illustrates the importance of the results of the Year, which has 
now drawn to a close. Detailed analysis shows that the Community funding invested 
in projects in the Member States generated an extra ECU 20 million in funding from 
the project organisers, clear evidence of the keen interest shown in the themes of the 
Year. Almost 60% of the projects concerned SMEs. In addition over 2 000 projects 
were organised without Community funding. 
The impact of the projects and of the Commission's own activities was assessed in 
a Eurobarometer survey, which showed that almost one in five people in Europe, i.e. 
some 50 million people aged over 15, were affected by the various measures, and 
that almost two-thirds of all workers in Europe agreed with the idea that the 
European Community should take all the necessary measures to guarantee health, 
safety and hygiene at work. 
3. There are three basic reasons which could explain why workers and employers 
reacted so positively to the Year. 
First, workers and employers feel a genuine and urgent need for Community 
information on health and safety at work. This was already clear from the results of 
the Eurobarometer survey held in March 1991. Both workers and employers feel that 
the Community has an important role to play in this field, with top priority going to 
the Community's measures to stimulate research and disseminate information, 
according to the Eurobarometer survey in spring 1993. 
The second reason was the widespread and immediate involvement of the trade 
unions and employers' organisations in the information campaign, particularly 
through the Advisory Committee. Thanks to the information channels opened to 
these organisations, the messages of the awareness campaign reached a very wide 
audience. 
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The third reason was the highly-motivated involvement of most of the National 
Liaison Committees, which decided on national policy and priorities as part of the 
process of subsidiarity,. 
4. Throughout the work on implementing the Council Decision the Commission sought 
to ensure that the most cost-effective use of funding was combined with the 
application of the concept of subsidiarity. Great use was made of the tripartite 
structures set up at national level, and although the Commission was there to 
guarantee consistency, it was the Member States which developed measures most 
closely in line with what their employers and workers wanted, each keeping its 
national identity and its own responsibility. As concrete proof of this decentralised 
approach, almost two-thirds of the funding allocated for the Year went on national 
measures, with a clear emphasis on projects at company level, particularly among 
SMEs. 
The success of the operation is confirmed by the fact that a number of countries 
decided at the end of the Year to keep these structures in place, to act as a relay for 
Community information in the field and as a a logistical centre for future activities. 
5. On another level, because of its enormous impact on workers and employers in 
particular, the Year opened up broad-based discussions on future Community 
measures in the field of health and safety at work. In this way the Year has been a 
pivot between the results of past programmes and the definition of future policy. 
6. The Commission is already planning to extend some of the information measures 
which were started during the European Year. More needs to be done to meet the 
expectations voiced during the Year - as confirmed by the results of the 
Eurobarometer survey in spring 1993 - and thus to help, in general terms, to raise the 
profile of the Community's activities, as the Institutions are keen to do, and to 
establish sectoral information programmes as part of a general information policy, 
as the Commission is keen to do. Furthermore, given that information is 
acknowledged to play a vital part of information in preventing occupational 
accidents and illnesses, we now need to get the best return possible from the 
substantial investments made during the Year, both by the Community and by the 
Member States, firms, employers and workers. 
7. On the basis of discussions during the Year and the recommendations of the 
Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, the 
Commission is currently preparing a document defining a general framework for the 
activities of the Commission of the European Communities in the health and safety 
field between now and the year 2000. The objectives are as follows: 
- ensuring that the Member States transpose the Community directives 
correctly and take the necessary measures for the appropriate application of 
secondary legislation; 
- promoting the Community's work on health and safety, including legislation, 
in non-Community countries; 
- continuing to promote health and safety at work. 
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jla/jla 
The Commission's activities in the field of information should involve 
regular information campaigns in the Member States to encourage the proper 
application of Community Directives; promote safety rules in high-risk 
sectors; promote audio-visual products for training and information on health 
and safety; increase awareness among SMEs, which proved to be a huge 
target group and very difficult to reach; try to find the best ways of reaching 
young people in training or in their first job; 
- general awareness campaigns coordinated at Community level, which could 
take the form of an annual occupational health and safety day or week. 
The Commission is also planning to step up the exchange of information between 
Member States through the Community information exchange system, which is 
proving increasingly successful. 
In conclusion, a large section of the general public and the working population has 
been made aware of the Community's work in the field of safety and health 
protection for workers thanks to the European Year, which showed that the public 
authorities, trade unions and employers could be mobilised to take effective action 
on predetermined themes. The projects carried out at company level as part of the 
Year helped to improve working conditions and could be used as models for other 
activities or extended in scope. 
Contacts were established and communication networks set up during the Year, and 
some of these are to be carried on to relay information between the Community and 
firms, employers and workers. 
A large number of non-Community countries have shown a keen interest in the 
Community's activities in this field. 
There is therefore good reason for considering that the Year was an investment 
which not only produced a fundamental increase in awareness among a large section 
of Europe's workforce about problems of health and safety at work, but also 
launched a mobilising force which looks set to keep on rolling in most Member 
States, and which the Commission intends to support. 
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Annex I 
List of members of the Advisory Steering Committee 
Chairman : Yves MORETTINI, Chef de l'unité V/F/5 
C.C.E. 
Luxembourg 
BELGIQUE 
M. Paul SILON 
Ministère du Travail 
Rue Belliard, 53 
B - 1040 BRUXELLES 
PANEMARK 
Mr E. ANDERSEN 
Direktoratet for arbejdstilsynet 
Landskronagade 33-35 
DK - 2100 KOBENHAVN 0 
ALLEMAGNE 
Dr. Walter Eichendorf 
Leiter der Abteilung Ôffentlichkeitsarbeit 
Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften 
Postfach 2052 
D - 53754 Sankt Augustin 
GRECE 
Mr ILIOPOULOS 
Technical Inspector 
Ministry of Labour 
40, Pireos 40 
GR - 10182 ATHENS - GREECE 
GRANDE-BRETAGNE 
Mrs Felicity HARTE 
Health and Safety Executive 
Room 439, Chepstow Place, 1 
UK-LONDON W2 4TF 
Hi? 
IRLANDE 
Mr Leo COSTELO 
Health and Safety Authority 
Hogan Place 
IRL - DUBLIN 2 
ESPAGNE 
D. Florentino ALONSO ARENAL 
Instituto Nacional de la Segundad e Higiene en el Trabajo 
C/Torrelaguna, 73 
ES - MADRID 28027 
FRANCE 
Melle BERTHEZENE 
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle 
Direction des Relations du Travail 
1, Place de Fontenoy 
F - 75700 PARIS 
LUXEMBOURG 
M. Paul WEBER 
Directeur de l'Inspection du Travail et des Mines 
B.P. 27 
26, rue Zithe 
L - 2010 LUXEMBOURG 
ITALIE 
Dott.ssa ROCCA 
Ministero del Lavoro 
Via Flavia, 6 
IT - 00187 ROMA 
PAYS-BAS 
Drs. OLIVIER 
Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid 
Postbus 90804 
NL - 2509 DEN HAGUE 
"If 
PORTUGAL 
Sra. Josefina da Encarnaçao PINTO MARVAO 
MTSS/DG Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho 
Av. Republica, 84-5° 
P - 1600 LISBOA 
SO 
Annex II 
List of members of the National Liaison Committees 
BELGIQUE 
Leden van de begeleidingsgroep Europees Jaar Veiligheid en Gezondheid 
Adviseur - Kabinet van Tewerkstelling en Arbeid 
Nationaal Secretaris 
Directeur-generaal van de Administratie van de 
Arbeidsveiligheid 
Personeel sdirecteur 
De Heer H. VERWAETERMEULEN Lid van de Hoge Raad voor Veiligheid 
De Heer F. PHILIPS A.B.V.V. 
A.B.V.V. 
Adj unct-directeur 
Federatie van Algemene Bouwaannemers 
Adviseur van het V.B.O. 
A.C.V. 
C.C.M.B. 
Président - Union des Classes Moyennes 
Directeur-général des Mines ff. 
Commissariat Général à la promotion du travail De Heer Ir. M. HESELMANS 
De Heer Bernard NOËL 
De Heer Ir. W. ZUALLAERT 
De Heer R. VANDENHOUT 
De Heer P.P. MAETER 
De Heer A. PELEGRIN 
De Heer H. De LANGE 
De Heer Marc De GREEF 
De Heer R. THISSEN 
Monsieur Roger MENE 
Monsieur Ir. L. RZONZEF 
Monsieur René NACKAERTS 
Contact 
M. P. SILON Voorzitter Begeleidingsgroep 
ALLEMAGNE 
AusschuD "Europâisches Arbeitsschutzjahr 1992" 
Bund/Lander 
Herr MinR Wolfram WEINMANN Bundesminister fur Arbeit und Sozialordnung 
Herr Rainer OPFERMANN Bundesminister fur Arbeit und Sozialordnung 
Herr Ltd Senatsrat Dr. Norbert FUHRMANN Senatsverwaltung fïir Gesundheit 
und Soziales 
Herr MinDirig Gerd ALBRACHT Hessisches Sozialministerium 
Gewerkschaften 
Herr Reinhold KONSTANTY 
Herr Ulrich MATTDC DGB-Bundesvorstand 
Abteilung Umwelt und Gesundheit 
Hauptvorstand - IG Chemie, Papier, 
Keramik 
Herr Dipl.-Volksw. Hans-Heinrich RUBBERT Deutsche Angestellten -
Gewerkschaft 
S-J 
Arbeitgeber 
Herr Ass. Werner GLAUBITZ 
Herr Dr. Jôrg JANISZEWSKI 
Herr Kurt KREIZBERG 
Herr Karl-Heinz BASTONG Gesamtverband der metallindustriellen 
Arbeitgeberverbânde 
Bundesverband der Deutschen 
Industrie e. V. 
Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen 
Arbeitgeberverbânde 
Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie 
NRW 
Contact 
Dr. Walter EICHENDORF 
DANEMARK Hauptverband der gewerblichen 
Berufsgenossenschaften 
Styringsgruppe 
Erik ANDERSEN 
Jan NIELSEN 
Hans-Horst KONKOLEWSKY 
Torben JEPSEN 
Thomas NIELSEN 
lb MALTESEN 
Niels JORGEN HISTROM 
Erik B. YDE 
Susanne EBERHARD PETERSEN 
Soeren DALMARK 
Lillian FRHS 
Jacob MUNK 
Jannike HORTEN 
Anders KABEL 
Per VTXIHER 
Jens Astrup MADSEN 
Mogens NIELSEN 
Niels JORGEN BAGGE 
Anna-MArie LARSEN 
Camilla UHRSKOV 
Brian KNUDSEN 
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky Arbejdstilsynet (Government) 
Arbejdstilsynet (Government) 
Arbejdstilsynet (Government) 
Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (Employers) 
Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (Employers) 
Landsorganisationen i Danmark 
(Employees) 
Landsorganisationen i Danmark 
(Employees) 
Akademikernes Centralorganisation 
(Employees) 
Funktionaerernes og Tjenestamaedenes 
Faellesrad (Employees) 
Funktionaerernes og Tjenestamaedenes 
Faellesrad (Employees) 
Kommunernes Landsforening ( Local 
Government) 
Arbejdsmiljafondet (Government) 
Amtsradsforeningen (Regional 
Government) 
Ledemes Hovedorganisation (Employees) 
EF kommissionens Kontor i Danmark 
Landbrugsradet (Agriculture) (Private) 
Danmarks Havfiskeriforening ( Pêche) 
(Private) 
Sofartsstyrelsen (Navigation) (Government) 
Ministry of Labour (Government) 
Arbejdsmiljofondet (Government) 
Arbejdsmiljofondet (Government) 
(formand), Direktoratet for Arbejdstilsynet. 
n 
Maira Ann KODAHL 
Finn SHEYE 
Contact 
Erik ANDERSEN Arbejdsgiverforening (Employers) 
(ad hoc) (Government) 
Arbejdstilsynet 
GRECE 
A Committee which was formed on the 21st of January 1991 in the Ministry 
of Labour with the following members 
Sotiris ASLANIS 
John KRAPSITIS 
Nick STAMATAKIS 
Alexandras VOULGARIS 
Gregory PELIORADIS 
Ekaterini ARANIDOU 
Maria ASSIMAKOPOULOU 
Antonis SERKEDAKIS Director, Head of the Directorate of 
Working Conditions 
Directorate of Working Conditions 
substitute 
Director, Head of the Centre of Hygiene 
and Safety of Workers (KYAE) 
Directorate of the Work Inspectorate in the 
Perfecture of Athens 
KYAE 
Directorate of Working Conditions 
Directorate D8 (YSEK) in the Ministry of 
Labour 
Directorate of Working Conditions 
A tripartite Committee which was formed the 28.01.91, with the following 
members from the Ministry of Labour the Federation of Greek Industries and 
the General Confederation of the Workers in Greece 
Sotiris ASLANIS 
John KRAPSITIS 
Nick STAMATAKIS 
Alexandres VOULGARIS 
Gregory PELORIADIS 
Ekaterini ARAVIDOU 
Ilias TSAMOUSSOPOULOS 
Dimitris POLITIS 
Christos CHATZIS 
Contact 
M. ILIOPOULOS Director of the Ministry of Labour 
substitute 
Director of the Ministry of Labour 
Chief of Section, of the Ministry of Labour 
Chief of Section, of the Ministry of Labour 
Chief of Section, of the Ministry of Labour 
Representative of the Federation of Greek 
Industries 
Representative of the General 
Confederation of the Workers in Greece 
Representative of the General 
Confederation of the Workers in Greece 
Si 
ROYAUME-UNI 
National Steering Committee 
Mr J. D. D. HAMMER, CB 
Mr Peter JACQUES, CBE 
Dr Cedric THOMAS, CBE 
Dame Rachel WATERHOUSE 
Dr C. SHANNON, CBE 
Mr James TYE 
Mr J. HOWARD 
Mr J. R. BARRELL, FCIS 
Mr Robin H. THOMPSON, B.Sc. 
Dr Charles VEYS, OBE 
Mr Kevin BYRAM 
Lady LITTLER 
Mr L. LEWIS 
Mr D. C. T. EVES 
Mr P. H. RIMMER 
Prof. O. HEAVENS 
Mr. MILLER 
Mr. R. BRADLEY Chairman 
Head of Social Insurance & 
Industrial Welfare Department (Employees) 
(Employers) 
Member of Health and Safety Birmingham 
Member of Health and SafetyHollesley 
Director General 
British Safety Council-(Voluntary sector) 
Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents 
(Voluntary sector) 
Chief Executive 
The Institution of Occupational Safety and 
Health - (Voluntary sector) 
Chairman 
Health and Safety Agency for Northern 
Ireland - (Government) 
Chief Medical Officer 
Brunswick Public Relations - (employers) 
Former Director General 
Independent Broadcasting 
Authority(Publicity interest) 
Head of International Relations Division 
(Government) 
Deputy Director General, HSE 
(Government) 
Director Information and Advisory 
Services, HSE (Government) 
University of York 
(Employees/Employers) 
Institute of Environmental Health Officers 
(Voluntary Sector) 
Department of Transport 
(Government) 
Contact 
Ms Felicity HARTE Health and Safety Executive 
SM 
IRLANDE 
Liaison Steering Group 
Dr. Sylvia WOOD 
Mr. Tom WALL 
Mr. Tony BRISCOE 
Mr. Bob COLLINS 
Mr. G. O'SULLIVAN 
Mr. Gerry COFFEY 
Mr. John McDONNELL 
Mr. John McMAINARA 
Mr. Eddie O'LOUGHLIN Health and Safety Authority 
Irish Congress of Trades Unions 
Federation of Irish Employers 
Radio Telefis Eireann 
(The national radio and T.V. Company) 
Department of Labour 
(Information Officer) 
Health Promotion Unit 
National Industrial Safety Organisation 
TEAGASC 
EC OFFICE, DUBLIN: 
Contact 
Mr Leo COSTELLO 
ESPAGNE 
Présidente 
D. Jesus ARANGO FERNANDEZ 
Por parte Empresarial 
D. Florencio MUNOZ MUGICA 
D. Vicente SANCHIS AHULLO 
D. Felipe MANZANO SANZ Health and safety Authority 
Secretario Gral. de Empleo y R. Laborales 
AP.A. 
Iberdola II 
C.E.O.E. 
Por parte Sindical 
D. Pere BOIX FERRANDO CC.OO. 
D. Javier PINTLLA GARCIA U.G.T. 
D. Enrique FERNANDEZ MATXUKA 
ELA-STV. 
Por parte de la Administration 
Da Concepcion SERRANO HERRERA I.N.S.H.T, 
D. Florentino ALONSO ARENAL I.N.S.H.T. 
D. Carlos CEGARRA VARA I.N.S.H.T. 
Secretaria 
Ma Jose PASCUAL CONTRERAS 
Contact : 
M. ALONSO ARENAL subdirector Técnico del I.N.S.H.T. 
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FRANCE 
Monsieur Jacques POMONTI 
Monsieur François BRUN 
Monsieur Jean François GIRARD 
Monsieur Michel LUCAS 
Monsieur Henri CULAUD Ancien président de l'Institut national de 
l'audiovisuel 
Secrétaire général du Conseil supérieur de 
la prévention des risques professionnels 
Directeur général de la Santé - Ministère 
des affaires sociales et de la solidarité 
Chef de l'Inspection générale des affaires 
sociales 
Directeur des exploitations de la politique 
sociale et de l'emploi 
Ministère de l'agriculture 
Monsieur le Directeur de la Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie des travailleurs 
salariés 
Monsieur le Directeur des affaires économiques et internationales 
Ministère de l'équipement et du logement 
Monsieur le Directeur de l'eau, de la prévention de la pollution et des risques 
Ministère de l'environnement et de la prévention des risques technologiques et 
naturels majeurs 
Directeur de l'Institut national de recherche 
et de sécurité 
Directeur de l'Agence nationale pour 
l'amélioration des conditions de travail 
C.G.T. 
C.F.D.T. 
C.G.T.-F.O. 
C.F.T.C. 
CGC. 
CNPF. 
CNPF. 
C.G.P.M.E. 
U.P.A. 
Entreprises publiques Monsieur Dominique MOYEN 
Monsieur Pierre-Louis REMY 
Monsieur Claude BASKA 
Monsieur Michel LE TRON 
Monsieur Maurice SEDES 
Monsieur Jean-Luc PILLA 
Monsieur Dominique LEJEUNE 
Madame Valérie CORMAN 
Monsieur Jean-Pierre PEYRICAL 
Monsieur Raymond NAVARRE 
Monsieur Philippe HELMI 
Monsieur Jean-Dominique CHERTIER 
Monsieur DESCHENE 
Monsieur le Professeur METZ 
Monsieur VERGES Président du COPREC-AT 
Professeur à l'Institut de Physiologie de la 
Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg 
Secrétaire général de l'O.P.P.B.T.P. 
Contact 
Melle Mireille BERTHEZENE Chargé de mission à la sous-direction des 
conditions de travail 
Ministère du travail, de l'emploi et de la 
formation professionnelle 
Vfe 
LUXEMBOURG 
Groupe de liaison 
M. Paul WEBER (*) 
M. Robert HUBERTY 
M. François ORTOLANI 
Dr. Nicolas RUMÉ (*) 
Mlle Mariette SCHOLTUS (*) 
M. Jean-Claude CONTER (*) 
M. J.-P. DEMUTH (*) 
M. Joseph KRATOCHWIL 
Représentants des Employeurs 
M. Paul EMERING (*) 
M. Gustave EIDEN (*) 
M. ENSCH 
M. Romain JEBLICK 
(Mlle Christiane KUHN) 
Mlle Michèle WENGER (*) 
M. Arthur MLLES 
M. FRANCK (*) 
M. Lucien FELGEN Inspection du travail et des mines 
Ministère de l'Education Nationale 
Ministère de la Santé 
Ministère du Travail 
Ministère de la Fonction Publique 
Association d'Assurances contre les 
Accidents 
Chambre des Employés Privés 
Chambre de Commerce 
Chambre des Métiers 
Confédération du Commerce 
Luxembourgeois 
Fédération des Industriels Luxembourgeois 
Fédération des Artisans 
Fédération des Entrepreneurs 
Représentants des Syndicats 
Mlle Carole MEYER (*) 
Mme Agnès REDING 
M. Siggy FARYS (*) 
M. Aly JAERLING (*) 
M. René PIZZAFERRI (*) 
M. Pierre BACK (*) 
Mlle Betty PAULY 
M. WAGNER 
M. Fernand GREISEN 
M. Claude GEIMER 
M. Robert WILMES 
M. Yves BmSFELD 
M. Paul ULVELING 
M. Roger LAMMAR 
M. R. FERRY 
M. R. NURENBERG 
M. A. GIARDIN 
M. Pierre LUTGEN FEP-FIT 
FEP-FIT 
LCGB 
NGL 
OGB-L 
ALEBA 
Association des Banques et Banquiers 
Association Luxembourgeoise des 
Ingénieurs 
Association Luxembourgeoise des 
Ingénieurs-Techniciens 
Ordre des Architectes et des Ingénieurs-
Conseils 
FEGARLUX 
Association des distributeurs-automobiles 
Luxembourgeoi s 
ARBED S.A. - Administration Centrale 
ARBED ESCH/BELVAL 
ARBED DIFFERDANGE 
M.M.R.A. 
LABORLUX S.A. 
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M. Guy KIRSCH 
M. E. LORANG DU PONT DE NEMOURS 
LUXCONFERENCE 
Contact 
Paul WEBER Inspection du travail et des mines 
(*) Les membres marqués d'un astérisque font parti du comité exécutif pour 
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CACOPARDI Dr. Giuseppe Direttore Générale Ministero Lavoro - D.G. 
Rapporti di Lavoro 
Vice Direttore Générale Ministero Lavoro -
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I Dirigente D.G. Rapporti di Lavoro Ministero 
Lavoro 
Capo Ispettorato Régionale Lavoro Firenze -
Ministero Lavoro 
I Dirigente Ispettorato Medico Centrale del Lavoro - Ministero Lavoro 
CELANI KWILECKI Dr.ssa Costanza RE Dr. Daniele 
ROCCA Dr.ssa Giovanna 
ERCOLI Ing. Alberto 
CAVANNA Ing. Paolo 
MONACO Ing. Vincenzo 
GIARLETTA Ing. Angelo 
AURILIO Ing. Giuseppe 
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PABA Dr. Giovanni 
RUSSO Dr. Luigi 
OLIVIERI Dr. Vincenzo 
MUNAFO' Dr. Elio 
VITELLI Arch. Maurizio 
D'ATRI Dr. Camillo Rappresentante Ministero Industria, Commercio 
e Artigianato 
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e Artigianato 
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e Artigianato 
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MANZO Ing. Giacomo 
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MORUZZI P.I. Francesco 
OSTANO Ing. Pierluigi 
CAMPRIANI Ing. Nando 
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Ricerche 
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Ricerche 
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Rappresentante Istituto Superiore per la 
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Rappresentante Istituto Superiore per la 
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Prevenzione e la sicurezza del lavoro (ISPESL) 
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Aziende di Credito 
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Contact 
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Dr. C.J. VOS Gouvernement : Ministerie van Sociale Zaken 
en Werkgelegenheid 
Secretary 
Drs. A.I. MARCET Tripartite organisation : Arboraad (advisory 
body of the minister of SZW) 
Members 
Central Employers organisation 
Raad van Centrale Ondernemersorganisaties (RCO) : 
Madame mr. C. De Meester 
Monsieur mr. H.C.M. GENET 
Monsieur mr. A. SCHOENMAECKERS 
Monsieur mr. J.J.M. Van De VEERDONK 
Central Employees organisation. 
Centrale voor Middelbaar en hoger personeel (MHP) : 
Madame D. DRIJFHOUT-ZWEIJTZER 
Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) : 
Monsieur drs. H.P.W. SCHMITZ 
Monsieur mr. T. ETTY 
Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (CNV) : 
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Ministerie van Economische Zaken (EZ) 
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Ministerie van Defensie (DEF) 
Monsieur Kolonel L. JANSEN 
Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (SZW) 
Madame mr. A.J.S. De POORTER 
Drs. R.O. TRIEMSTRA 
Liaison-bureau 
Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid 
Dr. CJ. VOS Directoraat-Generaal van de Arbeid 
Hoofd Afdeling Planning en Algemeen Beleid 
Ç>o 
D.J. OLIVIER 
Drs. R.O. TRTEMSTRA 
Drs. HOLSTEIJN Directoraat-Generaal van de Arbeit 
Hoofd secretariaat Afdeling Planning en 
AJgemeen Beleid 
Directoraat-Generaal van de Arbeid 
Beleidsmewerker Afdeling Planning en 
Algemeen Beleid 
Centrale Directie Voorlichting, Bibliotheek en 
Documentatie 
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Dr. Antonio Costa Marinho 
Dr. Armando Tavares 
Dr. Manuel Teves Costa (coordenadora) 
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