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What changed between the resolution motion and the adopted text

From · resolution motion· 13 May 2026

B-10-2026-0244

on the need to reduce workrelated fatalities

To · adopted text· 21 May 2026

TA-10-2026-0191

The need to reduce work-related fatalities

AI:What changed, in short

The only substantive change is the rephrasing of the description of workers facing attacks, now specifying public authority officials performing law enforcement duties.2 The other change is formal: the decimal separator in a statistic is updated.1

1 change of substance · 1 formal · 0 of wording only

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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.

Changes of substance · 1

Change 2 Substance

AI summary:Replaces 'public service workers' with 'public authority officials performing law enforcement duties', and changes the punctuation after 'phenomenon' from a comma to a semicolon.

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Changed:F. whereas in recent years, several Member States have reported a significant increase in attacks against public serviceauthority workersofficials performing law enforcement duties, as well as emergency rescue workers; whereas certain professional activities, in particular those related to the exercise of public authority and the legitimate use of force, are characterised by structural and permanent exposure to the risk of serious physical injury or death resulting from deliberate acts of violence by third parties; whereas threats and deliberate acts of violence against emergency rescue workers, such as paramedics and firefighters, are a rather new phenomenon,phenomenon; whereas such exposure, involving deliberate acts by third parties, distinguishes these professions from other forms of hazardous work and justifies specific recognition of the nature of the risks involved;

1 formal change: legal basis, citations, references, corrections

Change 1 Formal

AI summary:Changes the decimal separator in the number of non-fatal accidents from a point to a comma, aligning with EU style.

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Changed:B. whereas 3 298 fatal accidents at work and around 2.82,8 million non-fatal accidents resulting in at least four days’ absence from work were recorded in the EU in 2023; whereas these statistics continue to highlight serious problems in high-risk sectors with high incidence of occupational accidents, such as construction, transport, manufacturing and agriculture;