FAQ

Index of FAQ sections

Where can I find figures about accidents at work and occupational diseases and related costs?
Can I get European health and safety legislation in my own language?
Can the Agency fund my project?
Can the Agency advise me on my health and safety problem?
How do I obtain copies of reports produced by the Agency?
Can I get national health and safety legislation from other Member States in my own language?
Will information on Member States' pages be available in different languages?

Where can I find figures about accidents at work and occupational diseases and related costs?
All Member States' homepages have a section dedicated to statistics. Some of these give access to national figures about accidents at work and occupational diseases and related costs. Due mostly to interpretation issues, these are generally only available in the national language. The Statistics section of this website gives European level information from various organisations.

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Can I get European health and safety legislation in my own language?
The full text of European legislation covering health and safety at work is available on this website in all Union languages. Further information and other legislation can be found at the Commission's Eur-Lex website or you can subscribe to the more comprehensive Commission site on legislation called CELEX.

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Can the Agency fund my project?
In principle, the Agency as such does not dispose of the necessary resources to give financial support to external projects. From time to time, however, the Agency is commissioned by the European Union to administer and implement specific funding activities that are directly related to improving safety and health at work, e.g. the European Week or the SME accident prevention scheme. You can find information about such schemes at http://sme.osha.europa.eu/
A general overview on grants and loans provided by the European Union is given on the website of the Secretariat General of the European Commission (http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgc/aides/index_en.htm).
If your project relates to health and safety at a national level, we recommend that you approach your national Focal Point.

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Can the Agency advise me on my health and safety problem?
As set out in its founding regulation (2062/94 and 1643/95), the Agency cannot give advice on individual health and safety situations. You can find out which organisation in your country is competent to give you this information from your national Focal Point, or directly from the national website under the section 'Systems'.

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How do I obtain copies of reports produced by the Agency?
As with all Agency publications, the information reports are posted on this website in several languages as soon as they are published and can be viewed on-line and downloaded free of charge. All Agency publications are printed in a limited number only. If you wish to receive the printed version, you should contact your national Focal Point.

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Can I get national health and safety legislation from other Member States in my own language?
All Member States' homepages have a section dedicated to legislation. Some of these give direct access to national legislation texts in the area of health and safety at work. However, due mostly to problems with interpretation, these are generally only available in the national language.

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Will information on Member States' pages be available in different languages?
Much of the information appearing on the Member States' web pages is collected through the national network in that country or provided via links. Therefore, it is impractical to translate all of this information into the other European Union languages. Nevertheless, most Member States provide some information in English.