For group 1 drivers, licensing may be considered in “exceptional cases” where the visual field standard or visual acuity standard cannot be met; in such cases the driver should undergo examination by a competent medical authority to demonstrate that there is no other impairment of visual function, including glare, contrast sensitivity and twilight vision.

For group 1 drivers, licensing may be considered in ‘exceptional cases’ where the visual field standard or visual acuity standard cannot be met; in such cases the driver should undergo examination by a competent medical authority to demonstrate that there is no other impairment of visual function, including glare, contrast sensitivity and twilight vision.

For instance, the European Parliament called on the Commission, in its resolution on the Social Agenda [9], to "put in place a real Community strategy on health and safety at work which is based on the setting of common comparable objectives, contains an action plan to reinforce the implementation, control and evaluation of the existing directives and includes additional legislative initiatives on risks that are covered inadequately or not at all, such as skin complaints caused by exposure to the sun's rays, newly emerging risks such as stress and musculo-skeletal disorders and the new work situations, and encourage the use of risk analy ...[+++]ses as part of a preventive approach".

Dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are a group of toxic and persistent chemicals that can cause severe environmental and health effects such as cancer, hormone disruption, reduced ability to reproduce, skin toxicity and immune system disorders.

put in place a genuine Community strategy on health and safety at work which is based on the setting of common comparable objectives, contains an action plan to reinforce the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the existing directives and includes initiatives on risks that are covered inadequately or not at all, such as skin complaints caused by exposure to the sun's rays, newly emerging risks such as stress and musculo-skeletal disorders and the new work situations, and encourage the use of risk analyses as part of a preventive approach;

· physical conditions (high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers, sleeping disorders, skin rashes, headache, neck- and backache, low resistance to infections)