Activities of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2011/0254(NLE)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation
Amendments (10)
Amendment 14 #
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
i) practices exposing workers to cosmic radiation, including the operation of aircraft and spacecraft as well as frequent flying;
Amendment 16 #
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) Occupational exposure means exposure of workers incurred in the course of their work, including employees and self-employed as well as trainees and volunteers, incurred in the course of their work, including work-related frequent flying, or during their presence within the territory of their workplace; persons under the age of 18 shall not be assigned to any work which would make them subject to occupational exposure;
Amendment 17 #
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) Exposed worker means a person, either self-employed or working under an employer, including a trainee or volunteer, who is subject to exposure at work carried out within a practice regulated by this Directive and who is liable to receive doses exceeding one or other of the dose limits for public exposure; persons under 18 years of age shall not be assigned to any work which would define them as exposed workers.
Amendment 19 #
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. For occupational exposure, the dose constraint shall be established as an operational tool for optimisation by the undertaking under the generalin consultation with worker representatives. Their decision shall be supervision ofed by the competent authorities. In the case of outside workers the dose constraint shall be established in cooperation between the employer and the undertaking in consultation with worker representatives.
Amendment 20 #
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. As soon as a pregnant woman informs the undertaking of her condition, in accordance with national legislation or national practice, the protection of the unborn child shall be comparable withequivalent to that provided for members of the public. The employment conditions for the pregnant woman shall be such that the equivalent dose to the unborn child is as low as reasonably achievable and unlikely to exceed 1 mSv during at least the remainder of the pregnancy. In case of after-effects because of the undertaking's non- compliance with these provisions, the parties concerned shall be entitled to financial compensation by the undertaking.
Amendment 21 #
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. As soon as a breastfeeding woman informs the undertaking of her condition, she shall not be employed in work involvingxposed to a significant risk of intake of radionuclides.
Amendment 25 #
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall require the undertaking or the employer to inform exposed workers without exception, apprentices and students who are subject to occupational exposure on:
Amendment 35 #
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. For undertakings operating aircraft where the effective dose to the crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying from cosmic radiation is liable to exceed 6 mSv per year, the relevant requirements set out in this Chapter shall apply. Where the effective dose to the crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying is less than or equal to 6 mSv per year and liable to be above 1 mSv per year, the competent authorities shall at least require undertakings to keep exposures under review, taking into account the potential for doses to change over time or as a result of changes in the work arrangements. The undertakings shall take appropriate measures, in particular:
Amendment 36 #
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) to assess the exposure of the crew or workers concerned;
Amendment 37 #
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) to take into account the assessed exposure when organising working schedules with a view to reducing the doses of highly exposed crew or workers subject to work-related frequent flying;