KANBrief 4/11 CWA, PAS & Co: a second-class consensus is not good enough for occupational safety and health A new trend is emerging: numerous CEN Workshop Agreements (CWAs) and other specifications ar
KANBrief 3/11 The latest developments in standards governing services Besides pure product standardization, standardization of services is becoming increasingly important, and is therefore also a high
KANBrief 4/11 Assuring the quality of standards in the long term The division of functions between legislation and standardization as embodied in the New Approach has proved effective in many product
KANBrief 1/12 NORMAPME: the European voice of SMEs in standardization An interview with Klaus Yongden Tillmann. In January 2011, the former Managing Director of the Dortmund chamber of crafts assumed
KANBrief 1/12 German Product Safety Act: a clean sweep? On 1 December 2011, the German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG) was replaced by the new Product Safety Act (ProdSG). The new name of the
KANBrief 4/11 EUROSHNET organizes conference on product safety In Europe, a large number of players are involved in regulation, standardization, testing and certification in the area of occupational s
KANBrief 4/11 How can harmonized standards be improved further? The strategy committee for occupational safety and health of AFNOR , the French standards institute ( Comité stratégique sur la sécurité
KANBrief 2/12 Greater safety during the sawing and splitting of firewood Accidents occur on machines used for the cutting of firewood. In order to reduce the accident rate even further, the standards
KANBrief 2/12 OSHWiki, examples of good practice and tools for SMEs: EU-OSHA provides help in the field Since September 2011, the post of Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
KANBrief 1/12 The rules and regulations of the German Social AccidentInsurance institutions A core element of the Joint German OSH Strategy (GDA) is the statutory obligation to produce a coherent body
