All issues concerning occupational safety and health (OSH) at national level are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The General Directorate of Working Conditions and Health, responsible for the OSH legislation, strategy, organization, information, education, training and research issues and the Labour Inspectorate (S.EP.E.), which is the inspection and the enforcement authority for the implementation of the labour legislation, are the principal competent state authorities.
Focal Point of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work In Spain, occupational risks prevention is regulated by the Law 31/95 and its complementary or developing regulations.
The French system for the prevention of occupational risks comprises:
In Italy, the institutional system of safety and health at work comes under the Ministry of Labour and Health, in conjunction with the Regional Coordination Committees and the social partners. Their responsibilities include delivering advice for legislative developments, supervision, promoting health and assisting businesses.
The Department of Labour Inspection is the National Focal Point for Cyprus.
The Department is operating under the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance. The basic aim of the Department in the field of safety and health at work is the safeguarding of appropriate and adequate levels of safety and health at work for the elimination or drastic reduction of work accidents and occupational diseases and the protection of the public against risks arising from work activities.
The Latvian Focal Point is administered by the State Labour Inspectorate. The flow of information is managed by the Information Board, which is made up of OSH representatives from the Ministry of Welfare, the State Labour Inspectorate, the Latvian Trade Union, the Latvian Employers’ Confederation as well as the Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (IOSEH).
In Lithuania, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour) implements the state policy in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) according to its competence (together with the Ministry of Health).
Luxembourg members of the European Advisory Committee for Safety and Health (ACSH), as a tripartite committee.
The Hungarian Government has designed the minister for employment policy, and the District Offices of the Capital and County-level Government Offices to perform administrative duties as authorities dealing with occupational safety and health and labour affairs.
The National entity responsible for Occupational Health and Safety in Malta is the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) established by the OHSA Act XXVII of 2000. The OHSA is made up by Board Members nominated by the Minister in consultation the Tripartite Members which are mainly represented by employers, employees and unions. In addition, it includes an executive body where the functions of such executive are as follows: