Achieving Compliance with OELs

The Work Enviiomn t In ectorate within the WEA is responsible for enfiarcemait of the q osure limits. It is an integrated part of the Authority and has access to all the scientific and technical support that can be provided thiou the WEA. 

The background outhned in the previous sections, provide an indication of the overall approach to regulating the achiev ent of better health and safety managem and a clue to the likely role of OELs in this process. It ows that currently the enqihasis in compliance strategies is with the achievement of systematic approaches to ri management by duty holders. Within this broad aim, there is a particular fbem on certain issues for which improved outcomes are identified. Although not a priority issue 

See European Agency website an oudine of this infomuiticin on Swedish OEL  

The Wink Environment Authority is cutrenUy refers to its insps torate as inspection ofBces in ten localities.  

In addition to this, as mentioned in the previous s tion, annual exposure measurements for certain hazardous substances including lead, cadmium, quartz, styrene, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and synthetic inor mic crystalline fibres are stipulated by law and such measurements must be reported to Ihe Work Environment In ectorate. 

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The means of achieving compliance with OELs, The starting point in the German system seems to be the parallel assumptions that ... 

So what is the role of OELs in practice in Sweden Although the statutory provisions on monitoring are quite clear, it is recognised that there are problems with achieving good compliance with them. These are partly cultural and partly resource based, and there appears to be a link between them. At the same time it is not apparent to what extent or how strictly the labour inspectorate has enforced such requirements in the past or indeed is likely to do so in the future. Most interviewees, having identified the various we esses in the system tiiat we have discussed here, nevertheless felt that die OEL has an important role. A loose synthesis of their views indicates four possible reasons for valuing the existoice of OELs ... 

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