Activities of Laura AGEA related to 2017/0004(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work PDF (698 KB) DOC (102 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2004/37/EC aims to protect workers against risks to their health and safety from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at the workplace and lays down minimum requirements to that effect including limit values, on the basis of the available scientific and technical data, which are regularly revised in the light of the scientific data that is progressively acquired. For better health and safety protection, it is vital that Member States record and provide epidemiological data covering the past three decades on the incidence of cancer and of all diseases associated with exposure to carcinogens or mutagens, and the relevant mortality rate for workers in different industrial sectors.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For some carcinogens and mutagens it is necessary to consider other absorptionpossible exposure pathways, including the possibility of penetration through the skin, in order to ensure the best possible level of protection for workers.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (‘the CommitteeSCOEL’)55 assists the Commission, in particular, in evaluating the latest available scientific data and in proposing occupational exposure limit values for the protection of workers from chemical risks, to be set at Union level pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC56 and Directive 2004/37/EC. Other sources of scientific information, adequately robust and in the public domain were also considered. __________________ 55 Commission Decision 2014/113/EU of 3 March 2014 on Setting up a Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents and repealing Decision 95/320/EC (OJ L 62, 04.03.2014, p. 18). 56 Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 131, 05.05.1998, p. 11).
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In accordance with the recommendations of the Committee, where available,SCOEL and having heard the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH), this Directive establishes skin notations and/or limit values for the inhalation route of exposure are established in relation to a referenc, for an exposure period of eight-hoursa daily time-weighted average of eight hours (long-term exposure limit values) and, for certain carcinogens or mutagens, to shorterfor a reference periods, in general of fifteen minutes time-weighted average (short-term exposure limit values), to take account ofin order to limit, as much as possible, the effects arising from short- term exposure.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Compliance with the exposure limits set out in the Directive should be guaranteed, where technically possible, by replacing the carcinogenic or mutagenic chemical with an alternative substance. Where that is not possible, provision should be made for the use of processing systems in which the chemical agent is confined, or work organisation patterns (work shifts in the manufacturing process) that are such as to ensure compliance with the limit values, together with the adoption of the required individual protection devices.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In particular, in order to encourage conversion and the elimination of carcinogenic or mutagenic risks, individual Member States should provide for relief that is proportionate to the budgetary impact of the investments made by employers, so as to protect company competitiveness in the EU on an essentially level playing field and provide an incentive for companies to convert.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) In transposing the Directive, Member States could draw up a list of activities which, owing to the fact that they relate to small and micro enterprises, or because of the products manufactured and restricted size, are automatically considered to comply with the limits laid down by the Directive, subject to prior official verification.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Given that this Directive concerns the workers' health at their workplacehealth at the workplace and provides for maximum limits for exposure to carcinogens and mutagens, the deadline for its transposition should be two years. In the national legislative provisions that transpose the directive, provision should also be made for a maximum period of 2 years within which owners should upgrade their facilities, in proportion to the complexity and extent of the measures required.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States, in order not to harm small and medium-sized enterprises, with regard to the need to radically transform their production activities due to the introduction of new parameters and standards, and to facilitate infrastructure modernisation, shall grant such enterprises a tax credit amounting to 75% of the cost they will incur for modernisation and adaptation to EU standards. The tax credit shall be automatically granted following the payment of the amounts relating to the facility upgrading expenditure and may be subject to transfers of claim.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States, when transposing this Directive, may provide for a period of two years within which to enable workplaces to adapt to the requirements attached hereto.