The new approach of the EU considerably increased the importance of European standardization for occupational health and safety (OH&S).

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is currently working on the comprehensive reorganization of its structures. KAN welcomes CEN's efforts ti optimize European standardization and to make it more efficient.

Interview with Prof Dr Radandt

European Community regulations concerned with OH&S are largely determined by two articles of the EC Treaty

Whar sources of information are currently available?

KAN has repeatedly emphasized in numerous objections to European standardization projects that safety and health of workers at work should not be dealt with in European standards.

Following the international standardization of organizational processes in the quality and environment sectors (ISO 9000ff., ISO 14000ff.), the question arose as to whether the management of the safety and health of workers at work should also be standardized.

The emerging European standards for biotechnology will also be extremely important for occupational health and safety. Future issues of the KANBrief will therefore report on the background and contents of this package of standards.