European Safety Federation
Acronym: ESF
General Information
Identification Code: 91447653655-65
Website: http://www.eu-esf.org
Entity Form: ivzw
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 5/21/2010
Last Update: 8/21/2023
Mission & Interests
Goals: our mission :
•to promote health and safety management and culture in the workplace and enhance health and safety awareness along the whole value chain from prevention to protection
•to gain a hearing in legislation, implementation, market surveillance and standardisation mainly in the field of Personal Protective Equipment, taking into account sustainability.
•to harmonise actions in the European countries by close cooperation between national and European level
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Competition
- Consumers
- Customs
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Employment and social affairs
- Environment
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Fraud prevention
- Institutional affairs
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - in detail : legislation on PPE, both product legislation (Regulation 2016/425) and use legislation (Directive 89/656)
- more general : legislation on Occupational Health and Safety / legislation related to internal market (market surveillance - public tenders) / all legislation with potential influence on PPE (REACH - environmental - sustainability - healthcare)
Communication Activities: - implementation of PPE legislation (e.g. as member of the PPE expert group at DG GROW)
- information material (e.g. Q&A on our website) and sessions/workshops for members on legislation and its implementation (transition to new PPE product legislation and impact on economic operators)
- (co-)organiser of webinars/seminars/conferences on PPE and related topics
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission Expert Group on Personal Protective Equipment#E03678#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3678 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Bavikhoofsestraat, 190
Post Code: 8531
City: Harelbeke
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 56701103
EU Office
Address: Bavikhoofsestraat, 190
Post Code: 8531
City: Harelbeke
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 56701103
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 1
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.25
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: effective members : http://www.eu-esf.org/members/effective-members
admitted members : http://www.eu-esf.org/members/admitted-members
cooperative members : http://www.eu-esf.org/members/cooperative-members
Organisation Members: ESF is a member of FAIB
ESF is a partner of the EU-OSHA agency for their campaigns on occupational health and safety
ESF is an active stakeholder in meetings of the EU commission (DG GROW - PPE Regulation / DG HERA - JICF)
ESF is an active partner of the ADCO PPE group
ESF is an active partner of the Coordination of the Notified Bodies in the field of PPE
ESF is active within CEN-CENELEC standardisation (e.g. Secretary General is chair of the PPE sector forum)
ESF works together with European organisations such as ETSA, EURATEX, CEFIC, ESIG, FESI, ANEC, BUSINESS EUROPE, ... on specific issues
ESF is also part of an informal cooperation between organisations of PPE suppliers outside Europe (e.g. USA and Brazil)
Current Job Opportunities
Junior Policy Analyst at European Safety Federation
European Safety Federation
juniorBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025