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The ETUI-REHS is an international non-profit-making association under Belgian law set up by the European Trade Union Confederation (www.etuc.org), 5 Bd du Roi Albert II, 1210 Brussels, Belgium. The Health and Safety Department provides technical expertise to the ETUC to inform the European political debate and social dialogue, and to promote a quality work environment throughout all Europe and all sectors.

The Health and Safety Department gives a trade union input to European work done under the social Directives on health protection for workers, but also under the commercial Directives that govern the placing of equipment and dangerous substances on the market.
It monitors health and safety at work at European level through comparative analyses, research and the production of information.