[Medico-legal aspects of the 89/931 act of the EEC].

The act 391/89 which introduces some substantial news regarding the protection of public welfare and the safety of workers, will be taken in account in a next future. The A.A. examine these innovations and underline the way they will reassert the importance of a concrete application of the principles of primary prevention. Moreover, this act will have a large impact on forensic medicine as it will allow the acquisition of objective elements to asses the casual nexus between occupational exposure and injury, while evaluating the occupational etiology of the damage.