Transposition in Italy of Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work
21.2.2012
Question for written answer E-002017/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (S&D) , Andrea Cozzolino (S&D) , Luigi Berlinguer (S&D) , Rita Borsellino (S&D) , Salvatore Caronna (S&D) , Silvia Costa (S&D) , Rosario Crocetta (S&D) , Leonardo Domenici (S&D) , Roberto Gualtieri (S&D) , Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D) , Gianni Pittella (S&D) , David-Maria Sassoli (S&D) , Debora Serracchiani (S&D) , Gianluca Susta (S&D) and Patrizia Toia (S&D)
On 30 September 2011, in its follow-up to petition 1919/2009, the Commission sent the Italian Government its observations regarding the incorrect transposition of Directive 89/391/EEC, with particular reference to Italian Decree-Law No 106/2009.
The Commission notified Parliament on 13 January 2011 of its intention to to serve formal notice, with particular reference to the exoneration of the employer from responsibility, delays regarding the mandatory work-related stress risk assessment, and the extension of deadlines for drafting the risk assessment report for a new undertaking or in respect of substantial modifications to an existing undertaking.
The Commission notified Parliament on 18 July 2011 that, following further clarifications with the Italian authorities, it wished to add the following to the draft letter of formal notice: violation of the requirement for employers employing 10 or fewer workers to have risk assessment documentation; the postponement of health and safety at work legislation also being applied to social cooperatives and voluntary organisations in the civil protection sector; and the extension of the deadline for the provisions on fire prevention in hotel buildings sleeping more than 25 people.
In light of these facts, we wish to ask the Commission:
- —Has the Italian Government replied to the objections directed at it, and if so, how?
- —Following its reply — or the lack thereof — does the Commission consider it necessary to continue infringement proceedings for breach of EC law pursuant to Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to enable correct transposition of Directive 89/391/EEC?
OJ C 197 E, 10/07/2013