9 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2015/2107(INI)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measures should be included in the framework, follow, including improving and simplifying existing legislation and paying particular attention to SMEs; points out that, in the context of the Commission’s Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), all of the OSH legislation is currently being assessed and that the results are expected by the end of 2015; calls for the outcome of that assessment to be awaited in order to judge whether it is appropriate to include new legislative measures ing the 2016-reviewis new framework;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, and specific needs and lack of compliance byof micro and small enterprises when assessing the implementation of OSH measures at company levelir compliance with OSH measures; encourages the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which improve the compliance of SMEscan help SMEs more effectively comply with OSH requirements;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that 99% of European enterprises are SMEs; calls on the Commission to identify the difficulties which these enterprises may encounter in complying with existing legislation and the specific health and safety needs they may have; calls also on the Commission to propose measures and tools to help SMEs implement the legislation more effectively in order to ensure that health and safety provision for their workers is adequate;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to continue its work to simplify the legislation, but also on the Member States not to over- regulate when transposing EU directives, in order to avoid placing an excessive administrative and financial burden on SMEs and to encourage and help them to comply with OSH standards;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission to observe the principle of ‘Think Small First’ when revising the strategic framework, in order to help SMEs meet the objectives set as regards health and safety at the workplace;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the importance of protecting workers against exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and substances that are toxic to reproduction; calls on the Commission to present, on the basis of a reliable scientific assessment, a proposal for a revision of Directive 2004/37/EC adding more binding occupational exposure limit values and in cooperation with the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Workto develop an assessment system that can be used to assess binding occupational limit values based on clear and explicit criteria;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to take action on one of the most prevalent work-related health problems in Europe and submit a proposal for a comprehensive directive on musculoskeletal dis; stresses the need, in that connection, to make sure that wordkers (MSDs) to improve effective prevention and address the causes of MSDs; points out that integrating provisions of existing directives into a comprehensive directive laying down minimum requirements for protecting workers from exposure to ergonomic risk factors can benefit both workers and employersare more aware of and better informed about ergonomic risk factors; encourages the Commission, as a first step, to assess the effectiveness of the existing directives on the protection of workers against this type of risk;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement a programme for systematic monitoring of psychosocial risks, including stresstake account of psychosocial risks, including stress, when revising the strategic framework in 2016;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt a targetedn approach to improve the health and safety situation of all workers in precarious employment and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employment has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in generalwhether they are in precarious employment or not;