(3) The Council Resolution║ of 3 June 2002 on a new Community strategy on health and safety at work (2002-2006) called on the Commission and the Member States
to step up work in hand on harmonisation of statistics on accidents at work and occupational illnesses, so as to have available comparable data from which to make an objective assessment of the impact and e
ffectiveness of the measures taken under the new Community strategy, as well as emphasising, in a specific sectio
n, the need to take into ...[+++] account the increase in the proportion of women on the labour market and to respond to their specific needs in relation to policies on health and safety at work .