European Parliament 23 January 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0049/01 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Common Foreign and Security Policy and the NMD initiative.

for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers (9). Inspection and monitoring of application of national legislation which transposes these directives is the responsibility of the competent national authorities. (1) OJ L 307, 13.12.1993. (2) ECR 2000, p. I-1277. (3) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000. (4) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989. (5) OJ L 348, 28.11.1992.