European Agency for Health and Safety at Work

The European Union


1) OBJECTIVE

To provide the Community bodies, the Member States and those involved in the field with the technical, scientific and economic information of use in the field of safety and health at work.

2) COMMUNITY MEASURES

Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Health and Safety at Work.

Amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1643/95, 29 June 1995.

3) CONTENTS

1. The Agency's role is to:

2. The Agency will set up a network comprising:

3. Member States will, within six months of the entry into force of the Regulation, inform the Agency of the main component elements of their health and safety at work information networks.

4. The Agency, has legal personality and has an Administrative Board consisting of 48 members, of whom 15 members represent the Governments of the Member States, 15 members represent the employers' organisations, 15 members represent the employees' organisations and three members represent the Commission.

5. The Administrative Board adopts the Agency's annual work programme on the basis of a draft drawn up by the Director after consultation of the Commission and of the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, and the budget. By 31 January each year at the latest, the Administrative Board adopts an annual general report on the Agency's activities.

6. The Agency is headed by a Director appointed by the Administrative Board.

4) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION IN THE MEMBER STATES

Not applicable

5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE (if different from the above)

6) REFERENCES

Official Journal L 216, 20.08.1994
Official Journal L 156, 07.07.1995

7) FOLLOW-UP WORK

The inaugural meeting of the Administrative Board took place at the Agency's headquarters in Bilbao (Spain) on 25 and 26 October 1995.

On 3 July 1996 the Administrative Board appointed Mr Hans-Horst Konkolewsky as Director of the Agency. He took up his post on 15 September 1996. He will ensure the recruitment of permanent staff to enable the Agency to become fully operational.

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work [COM(97) 489 final, Official Journal C 335, 06.11.1997].