7 Amendments of Jan CREMERS related to 2008/2208(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that nanotechnology and the use of nanomaterials have potential benefits, including in terms of job creation; underlines, however, that products are being made today without knowing whether nanoparticles are released from them and what insufficient knowledge about the release of nanoparticles and their potential impacts they may have on human beings and the environment may be;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Furthermore, underlines that nanotechnology and nanomaterials throughout their whole life cycle raise major challenges for occupational health and safety as many workers along the production chain are exposed to these materials without knowing whether the safety procedures implemented and the protection measures taken are adequate and efficient; notes that the number and diversity of workers exposed to the effects of nanomaterials are expected to increase in the future;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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6. Recognises that prevention is of central importance in order to mitigate the risks and to eliminate potentially negative influences; emphasises that, as the scientific base needs to be improved, the precautionary principle has to be the guiding principle, along with the principle of the elimination of risk at source, in order to maintain a high level of protection of health and safety at work as well as of the environment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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8. Underlines the importance of the Commission and Member States ensuring that the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC and its individual Directives, and in particular Directive 98/24/EC on hazardous chemical agents at work, are fully complied with; considers that the key elements of thisese Directives, with regard to nanomaterials, are the risk assessment, the protection and prevention (Article 7)measures, the information and consultation rights (Articles 10 and 11) and the right to be trained (Article 12); ;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to consider submitting a proposal for an individual Directive in the frame of Directive 89/391/EEC as an adequate instrument to deal with the exposure of nanoparticles at the workplace, as soon as further research on the ‘knowledge gaps’, in particular with regard to hazards and exposure risks, will lead to improvement of a fulla comprehensive understanding of all properties and risks of those materials;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 12
12. Considers that placing on the market has to take into account the free movement of products which can lead to secondary and end-use being in another country; considers therefore that requirements regarding customer information and the labelling of products have to be clarified, and inviturges the Member States to ensure the obligation to indicate, in the necessary languages, whether a product is nanobased socompliance with existing provisions on labelling and information in relation to nanomaterials, in the necessary languages, so as to ensure that workers are provided with transparent information and that a precautionary approach can be applied;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need for a rapid improvement of the scientific knowledge and its uptake, in particular the research underpinning risk assessment and measurement, risk management and preveneffective risk prevention and protection measures in accordance with existing Community occupational health and safety legislation; considers it of utmost importance that possible health and safety at work implications are addressed at the same time as research on new applications is being undertaken; moreover considers it vital that a substantial part of the RTD budgets for nanotechnologies is earmarked to occupational health and safety, consumer protection and environmental considerations;