7 Amendments of Mathilde ANDROUËT related to 2022/0298(COD)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan6 supports the need for action in the field of protection of workers against carcinogenic substances. Improved protection of workers exposed to asbestos will also be important in the context of the green transition and the implementation of the European Green Deal, including in particular the renovation wave for Europe7. Citizens’ recommendations in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe8 also highlighted the importance of fair working conditions, in particular the revision of Directive 2009/148/EC. __________________ 6 https://ec.europa.eu/health/system/files/202 2-02/eu_cancer-plan_en_0.pdf 7 Renovation Wave: doubling the renovation rate to cut emissions, boost recovery and reduce energy poverty, COM(2020) 662 final 8 Conference on the Future of Europe. Report on the final outcome (May 2022). https://prod-cofe-platform.s3.eu-central- 1.amazonaws.com/8pl7jfzc6ae3jy2doji28f ni27a3?response-content- disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D% 22CoFE_Report_with_annexes_EN.pdf%2 2%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF- 8%27%27CoFE_Report_with_annexes_E N.pdf&response-content- type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz- Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X- Amz- Credential=AKIA3LJJXGZPDFYVOW5V %2F20220917%2Feu-central- 1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz- Date=20220917T104038Z&X-Amz- Expires=300&X-Amz- SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz- Signature=6806caf5fd75a86ad4e907b934b 2194de4c3c0c756a8d2a34c5e8b68985ffbd e
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Special control measures and precautions are needed for workers exposed or likely to be exposed to asbestos, such as subjecting workers to a decontamination procedure and related training, in order to significantly contribute to reducing the risks related to such exposure for workers and their families.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Preventive measures for the protection of the health of workers exposed to asbestos and the commitment envisaged for Member States with regard to the surveillance of their and their families’ health are important, in particular the continuation of health surveillance after the end of exposure.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) points out that asbestos is present in many products that are still in use, such as abrasives, adhesives, car and bicycle parts, lubricants, paints, textiles, etc., and most of them are imported into the EU and handled by workers.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) highlights the need, with a view to protecting workers and their families, for drastic controls on imports of products from third countries which still permit the use of asbestos at levels higher than those authorised by the Member States.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to protect workers and their families against risks to their health and safety arising from or likely to arise from exposure to asbestos at work, including the prevention of such risks, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive at the latest. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission. Member States may, including in the context of free trade agreements, limit imports of products with a manufacturing process that exposes workers to a concentration of asbestos higher than European standards. The revision of the Treaties and of free trade agreements must include restrictions on the trading of products of that kind.