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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
BAT | B Accelerator Tower
Gran Vía Don Diego López de Haro, 1, 16th floor
48001 Bilbao, SPAIN
For general inquiries and assistance, please email us at: information [at] osha [dot] europa [dot] eu (information[at]osha[dot]europa[dot]eu)
The legal basis for the Agency’s activities is Regulation (EU) 2019/126 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94.
Read the regulation.
EU-OSHA’s performance monitoring framework (PDF) is shaped around the three strategic lines of action of the Strategy 2025-2034 and the intervention logics (PDF).
In order to improve decision-making, EU-OSHA undertakes both ex ante and ex post evaluations according to article 29 of the Financial Regulation. Evaluations are implemented to assess whether the Agency’s work is useful to users, adds value to the work done by others and in general objectives have been met.
Evaluations are carried out on the basis of a multiannual evaluation programme which is aligned to the multiannual programming cycle.
A general evaluation of the Agency and its performance is commissioned every five years. Since 2019, this general evaluation is carried out by the Commission.
Find links to the Agency’s general evaluation reports.
Each year, EU-OSHA is allocated funds by the EU’s budgetary authority, which is made up of the European Parliament (directly elected MEPs) and the Council of the European Union (representatives of the 27 Member State governments).
EU-OSHA also runs specific projects for which separate funds are earmarked by the EU. Examples include a large-scale pilot project on the safety and health of older workers and one dealing with occupational safety and health in the European Neighbourhood and Partnership countries.
The implementation of EU-OSHA’s budget is governed by its financial regulation, which ensures transparency and accountability.
EU-OSHA uses an activity-based management and budgeting system, which allows it to monitor the costs of its activities closely. This helps to ensure that the Agency makes the best use of its resources.
Read the Financial regulation applicable to the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (in English only).
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Article 255 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, implemented through Regulation 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001, grants a right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents to any Union citizen and to any natural or legal person residing, or having its registered office, in a Member State.
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work is committed to improving the transparency and in May 2004 adopted the Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to documents by a decision of the Administrative Board.
Access to documents is governed by the following rules and legislative provisions:
The register indicates which documents have already been released to the public. In that case, their content can be displayed and downloaded directly from the database.
See register of available documents
To obtain documents that are not accessible from the register, you need to fill in and submit the request form.
Requests may also be submitted by sending a letter or email in any official language of the European Union to:
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Documentation Section
BAT | B Accelerator Tower
Gran Vía Don Diego López de Haro, 1, 16th floor
48001 Bilbao, SPAIN
Email: docrequest [at] osha [dot] europa [dot] eu (docrequest[at]osha[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Access to documents covered by the exceptions provided for in Articles 4 and 9 of Regulation 1049/2001 may be restricted.
Please note that any references contained in the register are not legally binding. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.
Fortunately, explosions and flash fire accidents are not the most common causes of accidents at work. However, their consequences are dramatic in terms of human lives lost and economic costs. Explosion hazards may arise in all undertakings which work with flammable substances. These include many input materials, intermediate products, final products and wastes from the routine work process.
