15 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2017/0004(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Directive 2004/37/EC should be amended to strengthen health surveillance. Due to the lack of consistent data on substance exposure, it is necessary to protect exposed workers and professional users or workers and professional users who are at risk of exposure by enforcing mandatory health surveillance, rather than surveying only when it is deemed to be necessary. Due to the gaps in data collection it is not clear when health surveillance is to be deemed to be necessary. It would therefore be prudent to ensure mandatory life-long health surveillance for all exposed workers and professional users.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Appropriate and consistent data collection by Member States is necessary to improve and ensure safety and proper care for workers and professional users. The Commission should support best practice exercises on data collection between Member States and propose how data collection can be improved. The Commission should also require Member States to provide it with information for the purposes of its reports on the implementation of Directive 2004/37/EC.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The burden of proof should not be on the victims of the exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins. Instead, wider rights for workers and professional users to claim compensation should be established. Member States should, as soon as possible, introduce into their national laws, regulations or administrative, provisions concerning scientifically recognised occupational diseases that give rise to compensation, and the right of a worker or a professional user to claim compensation in respect of the occupational diseases based on the Commission Recommendation C(2003) 3297 of 19 September 2003 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases. Insurance and compensation entities should adopt a harmonised approach to the recognition of and compensation for diseases resulting from exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) 4,4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for 4,4'- Methylenedianiline. The Committee identified for this carcinogen the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value in Part A of Annex III for 4,4'- Methylenedianiline and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Ethylene dichloride (1,2- dichloroethane, EDC) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for ethylene dichloride. The Committee identified for ethylene dichloride the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for ethylene dichloride in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article I – point 5 a
Article I – point 5 a
Work involving exposure to oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine., more precisely used motor oils or used crankcase oils consist of blends of hydrocarbons including paraffins, naphthenics, and complex/alkylated polyaromatics and lubricating additives *. Work involving exposure to Diesel engine exhaust fumes. Work involving exposure to rubber dust and fumes. __________________ * as advised in SCOEL/OPIN/2016-405 Mineral Oils as Used Engine Oils Opinion from the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Review of limit values The limit values established in this Directive will be kept under review in the light of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC58 and of the opinions of the ECHA Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and Socio-economic Analysis Committee (SEAC), in particular to take account of the interaction between limit values established in Directive 2004/37/EC and dose-response relations, actual exposure information, and, where available, DNELs (Derived No Effect Levels) derived for hazardous chemicals in accordance with that Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Sunlight exposure For prolonged outdoor work under direct sunlight the following additional measures due to increased cancer risk must be taken: i) Information about health hazards of unprotected UV exposure; ii) Where possible, provision of shading over fixed workstations; iii) Provision of air-permeable UV-safe clothing and head covering; iv) Provision of protective eyewear/sunglasses and protective sunscreen agents.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.73.3 10 _ 164.1 30 _
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.7 10 0.6 _ 164.1 30 _
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.7 10 _ 164.13.2 30 _
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 2
79-01-6 201-167-4 Trichloroethylene 54.7 10 _ 164.1 30 2.4 _
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
107-06-2 203-458-1 Ethylene dichloride 8.24 2 _ _ _ _
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6
107-06-2 203-458-1 Ethylene dichloride 8.2 21 _ _ _ _
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6 a (new)
Annex III – part A – table 1 – row 6 a (new)
Diesel engine 0,11a exhaust fumes __________________ 1a (measured as elemental carbon)