1. DRAFT COMMISSION REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING EP AND COUNCIL REGULATION No 1338/2008 ON: - CAUSES OF DEATH STATISTICS - ACCIDENTS AT WORK (ESAW)
AGENDA POINTS 4.1 and 4.2
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2. Structure of the presentation
Background to the proposals
Content of the proposed regulation on CoD
Content of the proposed regulation on ESAW
Derogations
Next steps
Conclusion
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3. 1. Background to the proposals
Annual data collections since the early nineties based on a Gentlemen's Agreement
Based on administrative information
EP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 on public health and health and safety at work
Article 9 paragraph 1 (and Annex III and IV), two implementing measures for the Causes of Death Statistics (CoD) and for Accidents at Work Statistics (ESAW)
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4. 1. Background to the proposals
Comparability of the produced information:
CoD:
Collection according to UN and WHO recommendations
Codification according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
ESAW:
ESAW methodology
ILO Resolution on “Statistics on occupational injuries resulting from accidents at work”
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5. 1. Background to the proposals
Policy relevance: Wide contribution to EU public health and health and safety at work policies (DG SANCO and EMPL)
CoD
ECHI list of indicators: Indicators of disease-specific mortality; smoking and alcohol-attributable deaths; Ad-hoc indicators such as of excess mortality by heat waves
ESAW
Indicators used in Community strategy on health and safety at work, Sustainable Development Indicators, Lisbon Structural Indicators
ECHI (Incidence rates of non-fatal and fatal accidents)
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6. 2. Content of the proposed regulation on CoD
Improvement of data quality in terms of accuracy and completeness
Challenges concern:
Transmission of data to the country of residency for deceased persons dying abroad
Definitions of stillbirths and residents
Data collection for stillbirths and neonatal deaths
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7. 2. Content of the proposed regulation on CoD
One transmission by MS to Eurostat:
One file for residents (possibly with data on causes of death of residents dying abroad)
And another one for non-residents dying in the reporting country
Eurostat will disseminate data on:
Residents (by causes of death, region of residence, age/sex)
Non-residents who died within the EU (by cause of death, country of residence, age/sex (without country/region of occurrence))
Deaths by country of occurrence (by cause of death, region of occurrence, age/sex (without country/region of residency))
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8. 3. Content of the proposed regulation on ESAW
Focuses on employees of almost all NACE sectors – remain optional:
Sectors T and U
Professions/activity sectors, difficult to cover for confidentiality reasons
Gradual implementation in 2 phases (2013 and 2015):
Coverage of NACE sectors in 2 steps
Data on causes and circumstances transmitted for 2015
Actual timeliness of transmission to 18 months kept
T: ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS; UNDIFFERENTIATED GOODS- AND SERVICES-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE
U: ACTIVITIES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES
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9. 4. Derogations CoD For BG, CZ, DE, FR, NL, FI and IT ESAW
For BE, DE, IE, EL, FR, LV, NL and UK
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10. 5. Next steps If positive opinion of DSS:
November 2011: Both regulations to be presented to the European Statistical System Committee (ESS)
First trimester of 2011: Publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union
The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010.
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11. 6. Conclusion
The DSS are asked to give their opinion on the two draft Commission regulations on:
Causes of Death (CoD)
Accidents at Work (ESAW)
The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010.
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