66In addition, as regards the costs, emphasised by the Spanish and United Kingdom Governments, that setting up such a system may involve for employers, it should be recalled that, as is clear from recital 4 of Directive 2003/88, the effective protection of the safety and health of workers should not be subordinated to purely economic considerations (see, to that effect, judgments of 26 June 2001, BECTU, C‑173/99, EU:C:2001:356, paragraph 59, and of 9 September 2003, Jaeger, C‑151/02, EU:C:2003:437, paragraphs 66 and 67).
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