Single European Act

The Single European Act /1/, effective from 1 July 1987, commits all the twelve countries of the European Economic Community to remove all barriers to trade by 31 December 1992. 

For the countries of the European Union (EU), the basic law is enshrined in the Single European Act (SEA) of 1986, through articles 100a and 118a. These articles cover the duty for each member country to legislate on health and safety. Many EU directives have been passed since that date and these have subsequently been covered in the legislation of the individual countries. For companies who are operating in a particular country within the EU, it is the law of that individual country which is applicable. 

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This happened with the Single European Act (adopted in 1986), into which an Environment Title was added, providing the Commission with the legal basis to act on environmental issues. 

The 5th ECEP s goals were first, to follow through with the Community s commitments set in the Single European Act of 1986 to develop and implement effective environmental policy, and second, to fulfill the Maastricht Treaty s objective of promoting sustainable growth while respecting the environment. (EUROPA website)... 

Before the Single European act was ratified on 1 July 1987 there was no specific provision in the Treaty of Rome for health and safety measures. Directives on health and safety... 

Single European Act. Area without borders for free movement of goods, personnel, etc. 

Workmen s Compensation Act - extended to all wage earners within certain wage limits A further consolidating Factories Act The last consolidating Factories Act The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act UK became a Member State of the European Economic Community and subject to EEC directives The Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act The Single European Act... 

The European Court is the supreme authority on Community law. Its function is to ensure that in the interpretation and application of the EEC Treaty the law is observed (art. 164). The EEC Treaty and the Single European Act, 1986, are concerned with matters such as freedom of competition between Member States and aspects of social law, including health and safety at work. 

Under the Single European Act, 1986, the Council of Ministers has the power to create a new Court of First Instance. This Court was established by Council decision in 1988 and became effective in September 1989. It has 12 Members, appointed by common accord of the Member States. Members may also be asked to perform the task of an Advocate General. It may sit with three or five judges. 

The function of the European Parliament is advisory and supervisory rather than legislative and much of its work is done in committees. Parliamentary influence has increased following the introduction of direct elections in 1979 and the Single European Act in 1986. 

The Single European Act introduced for certain matters a co-operative procedure between Council, Parliament and the Commission which allowed Parliament a second chance to comment and suggest changes to proposals once a common position had been reached between it and the... 

The objective of the Single European Act 1986 is to produce a level playing field for all member states so that goods and services can move freely around the EU without any one state having an unfair advantage over another. The harmonization of health and safety requirements across the EU is one example of the level playing field . 

The ultimate sovereignty of the UK Parliament is theoretically retained in that Parliament could repudiate agreement to EU memberships. Also, since the Single European Act there has been increased emphasis on subsidiarity. This is the principle that decisions should be taken at the most suitable level down the hierarchy of power, that is at national rather than EC level where appropriate. 

The extension, by the Single European Act, of qualified majority voting to proposals concerning the health and safety of workers was the stimulus for a great increase in EU health and safety directives from 1989 onwards. 

The Single European Act 1986, with the objective of a single market by 1 January 1993, has had a dynamic effect on the introduction of health and safety legislation. The implementation of effective common health and safety standards is considered conducive to attaining a level playing field for employers across the Community and to the participation of the workforce in the intended resulting economic benefits. 

HM Government, Single European Act 1986, Cmnd 9758, The Stationery Ofiice, London (1986)... 

Sale and Supply of Goods to Consmners Regulations 2002 127 Sanitary Act 1866 891 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 87,94,96, 98 Single European Act 1986 26,28,32,34 Smoke Detectors Act 1991 690 Social Security Act 1989 147,157 Social Security and Housing Benefit Act 1962 146 Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 306 Social Security (Industrial lnjimes)(Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1975 152... 

From 1973 EC has started to arrange particular measures and sketched out preliminary forms of intervention to apply in member States. However, environmental policy finds an official place inside EC policy in the Single European Act drawn up at Luxembourg (17 of February 1986) and at Aja (28 of February 1986) which pursue to following aims ... 

A newly introduced Title (Title VI, Articles 130f-130q) in the Single European Act, signed in 1986, conferred upon the Community a specific competence in the field of RTD and described the objectives of the Community RTD policy. Article 130i,... 

Articles 130r, 130s, 130t Environmental protection 1987 The Single European Act (SEA) came into force... 

Community and subject to EEC directives 1974 The Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1986 The Single European Act... 

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