council resolut march transposit applic commun social legisl council european union regard treati establish european commun regard council conclus decemb effect implement enforc commun legisl area social affair signific bodi commun legisl area social affair notabl area health safeti work essenti member state fulli accur transpos nation legisl commun legisl address requir deadlin essenti measur member state nation legisl transpos commun legisl effect appli citizen union avail commun legisl concern european court justic held nation court interpret nation legisl transpos commun direct light direct direct transpos nation legisl member state undertak enter state commun framework mean direct fulli accur transpos exist european social area put risk qualiti draft commun legisl council adopt guidelin resolut june consist legal provis set deadlin transposit facilit proper transposit effici applic commun legisl member state ensur commun legal provis social sphere fulli appli effect implement white paper entitl european social polici forward union chapter thereof commiss consid essenti commun social legisl properli appli member state real impact situat individu europ emphas principl essenti commun social legisl tangibl realiti citizen aim achiev provis legisl appli equal effect member state case direct faithfulli transpos accord provis treati commiss duti ensur full transposit commun legisl member state appli choos form method fulfil oblig court justic european commun ensur commun legisl observ ii call commiss facilit transposit applic member state commun social legisl enhanc propos stage content prior impact studi refer greatest extent inform exist nation commun provis assess implic employ small medium size enterpris propos suffici long period transposit maintain strengthen system consult notabl manag labour consult manag labour commun level firmer foundat commun social legisl step direct manag labour accord nation legisl practic involv transposit commun social legisl collect bargain agreement agreement conclud nation level member state step ensur time outcom requir relev direct guarante relev committe ask strictli term refer contribut draw document assess implement direct assess scale occup hazard indic result step improv safeti health work endeavour complet work progress harmon statist accid workplac improv agreement member state data occup diseas improv inform implement exist direct regularli publish tabl direct direct list measur commun member state transposit legisl member state iii invit member state make commiss context transpar token union cohes inform effect implement commun legisl basi tabl document refer point commiss relai inform usual channel european parliament council econom social committe committe region inform implement commun social legisl encourag manag labour plai full activ part implement commun legisl nation level accord procedur proper member state iv invit member state commiss propos form cooper set encourag gather distribut inform progress made difficulti encount bring effect implement commun legisl member state inter alia committe senior labour inspector context duti improv inform implement exist direct draw document direct give indic document highlight experi difficulti member state appli direct make measur impact direct difficulti put effect undertak discuss regularli transposit direct basi tabl document refer point prejudic commiss supervisori power context discuss lesson drawn implement commun social legisl encourag consult manag labour commun level oj oj