4 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2017/0004(COD)
Amendment 8 #
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 and the availability of suitable measurement techniques.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The limit values are not the sole means by which to protect workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work. In accordance with Directive 2004/37/EC, the first duty of an employer is to substitute the use of a carcinogen or mutagen in the workplace where this is technically possible, followed by an obligation to reduce exposure to as low a level as is technically possible.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For some carcinogens and mutagens it is necessary to consider other absorption pathways, including the possibility of penetration through the skin, in order to ensure the best possible level of protectionThe limit values should be revised to take into account new scientific and technical data, and new developments in controlling workplace exposure.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Where a limit value has been established for a carcinogen or mutagen, workers' exposure should be reduced, so far as is technically possible, to below that value, in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2004/37/EC.