5 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2016/0130(COD)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2004/37/EC aims to protect over 217 million Union workers against risks to their health and safety from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at the workplace and lays down minimum requirements to that effect including limit values, on the basis of the available scientific and technical data.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Directive 2004/37/EC is outdated and needs to be urgently updated in order to provide for new preventive and protective measures.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) There is need for a prevention and information campaign at Union level following Eurostat latest chemical production statistics stating that around 31 million tonnes of carcinogenic chemicals, mutagenic chemicals and reprotoxic chemicals are produced annually in the Union.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Achieving a common Union methodology for this type of risk and a general consensus at Union level based on that methodology is of the essence.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of respirable crystalline silica dust, which can travel deep into the lung causing serious health problems. On the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, a limit value for respirable crystalline silica dust should be established. Respirable crystalline silica dust generated by a work process is not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council 50. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust generated by a work process in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and to establish a limit value for respirable crystalline silica dust ('respirable fraction'). __________________ 50 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).