Ceemet outlines in this position paper its priority policy recommendations regarding the new EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 and the Commission’s ongoing evaluation of all existing EU occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation.

1. Implementation of H&S Directives across Members States
2. Maintain H&S standards through consolidation and simplification
3. Simplify the existing EU regulatory system for chemical substances
4. Directives need to emphasise the principle of individual capability and clearly need to be evidence based
5. Focus needed on developing practical guidelines, exchanges of best practice and practical tools