F. whereas the Community's efforts in the area of the working environment are very important as regards meeting the Lisbon Strategy objective of creating more and better jobs; whereas a better working environment not only creates better conditions for European workers but also promotes productivity and growth in Europe,

F. whereas the Community’s efforts in the area of the working environment are very important with a view to meeting the Lisbon Strategy objective of creating more and better jobs; whereas a better working environment not only creates better conditions for European workers but also promotes productivity and growth in Europe,

ICT should be used to maximise access to training and to promote active learning, as well as to develop new methods in both work- and school-based VET.

However, I am at the same time concerned that the work has led to the request for a long list of legislative initiatives on the part of the Commission, relating for example to lifelong learning, organisation of work, the need to reconcile work and private life, working environment policy, supplementary sickness insurance and the hiring-out of staff.

3. Technical specifications shall be formulated by referring to national standards implementing European standards, European technical approvals, European eco-labelling or working environment labelling regulations, international environmental or working environment management standards, environmental, working environment and social accounting standards, common technical specifications, international standards or when these do not exist national standards or national technical approvals, or any other technical reference produced by European standardisation bodies as defined in Annex VI, provided that the reference is accompanied by the wo ...[+++]rds "or equivalent".

The work environment may increase risk if: