Brussels, 13/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 10 December, the European Commission decided to launch the first phase of the consultation between European social partners (Art.138 of EC treaty) on protecting workers from risks related to exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at the workplace.
General context. On 30 January 2007, the Commission published the Green Paper, “Towards a Europe free from tobacco smoke: policy options at EU level” and began a far reaching public consultation on...