text: **New directives or revisions and updates**of directives were introduced for several reasons, that is, 
  coverage of new technologies like artificial optical radiation (use of laser cutting, etc.), or new evidence, 
  that is, after 2017 the Carcinogens and mutagens directive was extended several times, covering now 
  many more substances. The revision of the directives on**Display screen equipment**(enormous 
  technological developments since its introduction) and the revision of the**Directive on Minimum**
  **requirements at workplaces**(e.g. to better cover OSH at mobile work places outside the premises of 
  the employer) is an objective of the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027348. 
  
  In the light of the changes in working conditions towards**physical inactivity and repetitive work**and 
  the**higher psychosocial and emotional demands**, the European Commission and the Member States 
  and stakeholders initiated several activities. Over the last 10 years, the European Commission made 
  efforts to promote the approach that ‘psychosocial risks and stress’ are part of OSH and, as such, they 
  are covered by the OSH Framework Directive. Some countries updated their legislation and explicitly 
  included an obligation to include psychosocial risks in risk assessment, while others have developed 
  extensive guidance for enterprises and/or labour inspections. Similar activities can be observed 
  regarding MSDs. 
  
  The Machinery directive 2006/42/EC is only one example of a — very general — regulation of these two 
  aspects at EU level: 