The protection of workers' health against the negative direct and indirect impact of electromagnetic fields is covered by European Directive 2004/40/EC, the EMF Directive. At the moment, the final implementation date of this Directive has been delayed until 30 April 2012. This allows a detailed assessment of the likely impact of the Directive on the safety and health of workers, and of the social, health and economic impact on stakeholders who may be affected by its implementation.

The purpose of this Workshop is to provide a platform for a discussion of issues related to the EMF Directive. It is held as part of EMF Impact - a project that will inform European Commission policy discussions regarding the possible future amendment of directive 2004/40/EC. The workshop is supported by the European Commission via the PROGRESS programme and organized by a European Consortium (FICETTI). It will include up-to-date information on the current situation in Member States and discuss projected outcomes of the Commission's various possible policy options.

Although the Workshop will focus on different policy options for the future development of the EMF Directive, other perspectives beyond the responses to these questions are welcome as well, and these also will provide input to the impact analysis.

The workshop is open for anyone to attend, and the agenda will include a session for anyone in the audience to make brief contributions.

Organized by FICETTI Consortium:

• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, FI
• EMFields Ltd, UK
• CIOP-PIB, PL
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Prevention, IT
• INAIL -  Workers compensation authority, IT
• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT
• TRaC-KTL, UK
• University of Umeå, SE
• Institute of Non-Ionizing Radiation, SI

Under Patronage of

• European Commission

Key topics

The Workshop will focus on the potential impact on different policy options for the future development of the EMF Directive.

This is a unique opportunity to inform the European Commission's policy-making process, and individual input of each participant would be very highly valued.

The working language of the meeting will be English and there will be no translation facilities.

Target groups

• Employers, Industry
• Trade Unions
• Researchers
• Officials in regulatory authorities
• Governmental representatives
• Occupational health and safety personnel
• Engineers involved in exposure measurements

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
13.00-13.15	Welcome & introduction	Peter Gajšek
13.15-13.30	Project EMF-IMPACT	Alanko Tommi
13.30-13.45	EU framework for implementing EMF Directive	Phil Chadwick
13.45-14.00	EMF standards: ICNIRP & ICES	Phil Chadwick
14.00-14.15	Ministry of Labour, Italy	Paolo Rossi
14.15-14.30	Ministry of Labour, Slovenia	Joze Hauko
14.30-14.45	Swedish Work Environment Authority	Janez Marinko
14.45-15.00	RIVM, Netherlands	Mathieu Pruppers
15.00-15.15	Federal Institute for OSH	Hannelore Neuschulz
15.15-15.30	HSE UK	Tim Beaumount
16.00-16.15	Interdepartments Commission, Poland	Jolanta Karpowicz
16.15-16.30	EC/MRI study consortium	Kjell Hansson Mild
16.30-16.45	The Alliance for MRI	Steven Keevil
16.45-17.00	NVMBR, Netherland	Sija Geers
17.00-17.15	NATO	B Jon Klauenberg
17.15-17.30	Arqiva	Julia Clarke
17.30-17.45	GSM Association	Jack Rowley
17.45-18.00	NORM APME	Valentina Mauri

Thursday, February 19, 2009
08.30-08.45	TWI	Geoff Melton
08.45-09.00	Fronius	Peter Mair
09.00-09.15	Lloyd's Register Rail Limited	Philip Beirne
09.15-09.30	National Grid PLC	David Renew
09.30-09.45	BusinessEurope	Rebekah Smith
09.45-10.00	EURO CHLOR	Jean-Pol Debelle
10.30-10.45	CEEMET	Isabelle Biais
10.45-11.00	ORGALIME	Philippe Portalier
11.00-11.15	EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation	Steve Pointer
11.15-11.30	SIEMENS AG	Ralf Bodemann
11.30-11.45	ETUI-REHS	Marc Sapir
12.45-13.15	Rapporteur's report	Paolo Rossi