ABSTRACT
SUMMARY In order to remain coherent and achieve its full impact, the creation of the internal market, ‘the heart of the strategy to relaunch the construction of Europe’, must incorporate a significant element of social policy, within which the physical and mental protection of workers stands high on the list of priorities. Taking full advantage of the opportunities afforded by the provisions of the Article 118a of the Single Act concerning the improvement of health and safety at work, and confirming its commitment to making full and rapid use of all the resources put at its disposal by this legal provision, the Commission has adopted the following action programme.
