The Commission shall be assisted by a 'Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors', hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee'. The Committee shall consist of representatives of the labour inspection services of the Member States. The Committee shall give its opinion to the Commission, either at the Commission's request or on its own initiative, on all problems relating to the enforcement by the Member States of Community law on health and safety at work.
The Committee, in assisting the Commission, shall work towards the achievement of the following objectives:
1. defining common principles of labour inspection in the field of health and safety at work and developing methods of assessing the national systems of inspection in relation to those principles;
2. promoting improved knowledge and mutual understanding of the different national systems and practices of labour inspection, the methods and legal frameworks for action;
3. developing exchanges between national labour inspection services of their experiences in monitoring the enforcement of secondary Community law on health and safety at work, so as to ensure its consistent enforcement throughout the Community;
4. promoting exchanges for labour inspectors between national administrations and the setting up of training programmes for inspectors;
5. drawing up and publishing documents to facilitate the activities of labour inspectors;
6. developing a reliable and efficient system of rapid information exchange between labour inspectorates on all problems encountered in monitoring the enforcement of Community legislation in the field of health and safety at work;
7. establishing active cooperation with labour inspectorates of third countries, so as to promote the work done by the Community on health and safety at work and to assist in resolving any cross-border problems;
8. studying the possible impact of other Community policies on labour inspection activities relating to health and safety at work and working conditions.
The Committee, in assisting the Commission, shall work towards the achievement of the following objectives: 1. defining common principles of labour inspection in the field of health and safety at work and developing methods of assessing the national systems of inspection in relation to those principles; 2. promoting improved knowledge and mutual understanding of the different national systems and practices of labour inspection, the methods and legal frameworks for action; 3. developing exchanges between national labour inspection services of their experiences in monitoring the enforcement of secondary Community law on health and safety at work, so as to ensure its consistent enforcement throughout the Community; 4. promoting exchanges for labour inspectors between national administrations and the setting up of training programmes for inspectors; 5. drawing up and publishing documents to facilitate the activities of labour inspectors; 6. developing a reliable and efficient system of rapid information exchange between labour inspectorates on all problems encountered in monitoring the enforcement of Community legislation in the field of health and safety at work; 7. establishing active cooperation with labour inspectorates of third countries, so as to promote the work done by the Community on health and safety at work and to assist in resolving any cross-border problems; 8. studying the possible impact of other Community policies on labour inspection activities relating to health and safety at work and working conditions.
