8 Amendments of Marina MESURE related to 2022/0298(COD)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) With a view to ensuring that the principles of this directive are swiftly brought into effect, it is essential that the EU provides the Member States with technical expertise and provides funds in the next multiannual financial framework specifically for efforts to tackle asbestos. The European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus and the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be made available as soon as possible for asbestos policies at EU level. The provision of electron microscopes to improve assessment of workers’ exposure to asbestos should be one of the priority areas for funding in efforts to tackle asbestos.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Within the framework of the EU’s ‘renovation wave for Europe’ initiative, the goal of which is to decarbonise buildings, tackle energy poverty and boost our sovereignty by means of energy efficiency, workers potentially exposed to asbestos urgently need to be trained. National training plans on exposure to asbestos should incorporate training workers. The purpose of that training should be to enable workers to identify asbestos and removed it under the safest possible conditions for their health and for the health of anyone who may be exposed to it, for example, in the vicinity of building renovation or demolition sites.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Russian Government’s war of aggression against Ukraine is causing not only suffering for the Ukrainian people but also considerable damage to infrastructure, housing and the built environment more generally. As Ukraine did not ban the use of asbestos until 2017, the forthcoming reconstruction of the country poses a significant risk to workers, particularly those that handle rubble. It is therefore of the utmost importance that, whether they employ workers from a Member State or not, European companies involved in rebuilding the country take every possible measure to prevent workers’ exposure to asbestos.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 3
Article 3
(2a) Article 3 is replaced by the following: “Article 3 1. This Directive shall apply to all activities in which workers are or may be exposed in the course of their work to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos. 2. In the case of any activity likely to involve a risk of exposure to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos, this risk must be assessed in such a way as to determine the nature and degree of the workers’ exposure to dust arising from asbestos or materials containing asbestos. 3. Provided that worker exposure is sporadic and of deleted 4. Member States shall, follow intensity, and if it is clear from g consultation withe results of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2 that the exposure limit for asbestos will not be exceeded in the air of the working area, Articles 4, 18 and 19 may be waived where the work involves: a) short, non-continuous maintenance activities in which only non-friable materials are handled; b) removal without deterioration of non- degraded materials in which the asbpresentatives from both sides of industry, in accordance with national law and practice, develop sector- specific responses tos fibres are firmly linked in a matrix; c) encapsulation or sealing of asbestos- containing materials which are in good condition; d) air protect workers from exposure to asbestos dust, including activities in the renovation and demonlitoring and control, and the collection of samples to ascertain whether a specific material contains asbesion, waste management, mining, cleaning and firefighting sectors. 4. Member StatThese shall, following consultation with representatives from both sides of industry, in accordance with national law and practice, lay down practical guidelines for the determination of sporadic and low-intensity exposure, as provided for in paragraph 3olutions must also take account of the release of asbestos into the environment. 5. The assessment referred to in paragraph 2 shall be the subject of consultation with the workers and/or their representatives within the undertaking or establishment and shall be revised where there is reason to believe that it is incorrect or there is a material change in the work. Or. fr (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32009L0148)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
(2b) In Article 4, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The notification referred to in paragraph 2 shall be submitted by the employer to the responsible authority of the Member State, before the work commences, in accordance with national laws, regulations and administrative provisions. The notification must include at least a brief description of: (a) the location of the worksite and the specific areas in which the work will be carried out; (b) the type and quantities of asbestos used or handled; (c) the activities and processes involved; (d) the number of workers involved, a list of the workers likely to be assigned to the site, the individual certificates proving their competence and the training received, and the dates of the mandatory medical visits; (e) the starting date and duration of the work and the planned working hours; (f) measures taken to limit the exposure of workers to asbestos. ; (fa) the characteristics of the equipment used for the protection and decontamination of workers; (fb) the procedure for the decontamination of workers and equipment, durations and working hours; (fc) the characteristics of the equipment used for disposal; Notifications shall be kept by the responsible authority of the Member State in accordance with national law and practice for a minimum of 40 years.’ Or. fr (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009L0148-20190726)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(6a) In Article 16(1), point c is replaced by the following: (c) workers are provided with appropriate working or protective clothing as well as protective equipment, in particular respiratory equipment, which is subject to a mandatory individual fitting check; this working or protective clothing remains within the undertaking; it may, however, be laundered in establishments outside the undertaking which are equipped for this sort of work if the undertaking does not carry out the cleaning itself; in that event the clothing shall be transported in closed containers; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009L0148-20190726)Or. fr
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
Article 22b
Article 22b
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Directive 2009/148/EC
New Annex 1 b
New Annex 1 b