Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
Founded in 1994, the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung, KAN) has the purpose of observing the standardization process and ensuring that standards makers devote sufficient attention to the needs of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). KAN is a project of Association for the Promotion of Occupational Safety in Europe (Verein zur Förderung der Arbeitssicherheit in Europa e.V. – VFA). The OHS interests of various institutions – the social partners, the German State, the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) and DIN (members of KAN) – are collectively represented in opinions on current and planned standardization projects. KAN itself is not a standardization body; its resolutions take the form of recommendations based on the broadest possible consensus of all institutions involved in OHS.
EU Legislative Interests
Revision of Regulation (EU) No. 1025/2012 on European Standardisation, Revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF), Proposals for a directive and a regulation as regards the digitalisation and alignment of common specifications (Omnibus IV), EU product harmonisation legislation, such as Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI Act), Digital Omnibus on AI regulation proposal or Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 laying down harmonised rules for the marketing of construction products (CPR), EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 - Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, Revision of individual occupational health and safety directives within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, e.g. Directive 90/270/EEC on the minimum safety and health requirements for work with display screen equipment and Directive 89/654/EWG concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
European Occupational Safety and Health Network (EUROSHNET) - www.euroshnet.eu Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit (Basi) - www.basi.de International Section on Information for Prevention of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) - www.issa.int/prevention-information
Organisation Members
www.kan.de/en/kan/organization