Activities of Elżbieta RAFALSKA related to 2023/0033(COD)
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Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates
Amendments (8)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Oral and inhalation exposure are both relevant routes for the uptake of lead and its inorganic compounds into the human body. Taking into account the most recent scientific data and new findings with regard to lead and its inorganic compounds, it is necessary to improve the protection of workers exposed to a potential health risk, by reducing both the occupational exposure and biological limit values for lead. Therefore, a revised biological limit value equal to 1520 µg/100ml blood, accompanied by a revised occupational exposure limit value equal to 0.03 mg/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) should be established. For both the permissible biological limit value (BLV) and the occupational exposure limit value for lead, it is necessary to provide Member States with a transition period of 10 years from the entry into force of the Directive. In order to demonstrate a gradual reduction of the BLV, Member States should reach a value of 35 µg/100 ml blood 5 years after the entry into force of the Directive. Such a transition period is necessary in view of the need to adapt to the new reduced exposure limit values.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The need for transition periods arises from the organisational and technological changes and the high costs of production transformation that will arise from the lowering of occupational exposure limit values. In order to ensure an adequate level of protection of workers and monitoring of the limit values, it is necessary to introduce fundamental changes in the production processes, in particular in the production of lead from primary sources, i.e. based on the processing of metal concentrates containing lead and its inorganic compounds.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The introduction of a 10-year transition period is also necessary for environmental policy reasons. The inability to comply with the new reduced exposure limit values without a transition period would lead to an uncontrolled expansion of hazardous waste landfills for lead-bearing materials.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) Financial support from the Commission is necessary to meet the financial demands on Member States to lower the limit values. In addition, a wide- ranging research programme on occupational exposure to lead in the European Union, involving the national research institutes of the Member States responsible for the protection of workers’ health, is necessary to improve knowledge of existing occupational exposure to lead.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It may be difficult to comply with an occupational exposure limit equal to 6 µg/m³ for diisocyanates, accompanied by an associated short-term exposure limit equal to 12 µg/m³. This difficulty is due to technical measurement feasibility issues and the time needed to implement risk management measures in particular in downstream sectors involving activities such as applications of paints, work with lead metal, demolition, repair and scrap management, other waste management and soil remediation. Therefore, a transitional value of 10 µg/m³ with an associated short- term exposure limit equal to 20 µg/m³ should applyis difficulty also arises from the need to develop a method of determination, as well as a method of converting the individual diisocyanate concentrations into NCO group concentrations in those Member States where occupational exposure limits for diisocyanates are already in force with different values for the various diisocyanates. Therefore, a transitional value of 10 µg/m³ with an associated short- term exposure limit equal to 20 µg/m³ should apply until 31 December 2028. Alternatively, Member States where limit values for diisocyanates were set before the publication of the Directive shall be allowed to continue to apply their national values for a transitional period, i.e. until 31 December 2028.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a Directive
Annex II – point 1Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex II – point 1Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III – point A – row 31
(1) in Annex III, point A, the row related to inorganic lead and its compounds is replaced by the following: Limit values EC No CAS 8 hours (3) Short-term (4) Transitional Name of agent (1) No (2) Notati 3 3 measures mg/m3 ppm f/ml mg/m3 ppm f/ml on (5) (6) (7) Inorganic lead and 0.03 its compounds The limit value its compounds of 0.03 mg/m³ shall apply 10 years after the entry into force of the Directive and no earlier than 2033. (1) EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. (2) CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number. (3) Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA). (4) Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified. (5) mg/m3 = milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure). (6) ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m3). (7) f/ml = fibres per millilitre.’;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a Directive
Annex II – point 2
Annex II – point 2
Directive 2004/37/EC
Annex III a
Annex III a
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive (EU) 2022/431of the European Parliament and of the Council
Annex III a
Annex III a