text: 343 Gagliardi et al., 2012: Occupational safety and health in Europe: lessons from the past, challenges and 
  opportunities for the future 
  344 Directive 80/1107/EEC, Council Directive of 27 November 1980 on the protection of workers from risks related 
  to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work, here 
  345 Directive 86/188/EEC, Council Directive of 12 May 1986 in the protection of workers from the risks related to 
  exposure to noise at work, here 
  346 An overview on these directives can be found here 
  347 See for reasons from a trade union point of view: Vogel, 2015: The machinery of occupational safety and 
  health policy in the European Union. History, institutions, actors, here 
  348 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE 
  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: EU strategic 
  framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027: Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, 
  {SWD(2021) 148 final} - {SWD(2021) 149 final, Brussels, 28.6.2021, here 
  349 European Commission, 2019: Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Edition 2.2 (p. 174). 