13 Amendments of Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU related to 2017/0004(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2004/37/EC aims to protect 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 valuebinding occupational exposure limit values for the protection of workers from chemical risks, on the basis of the latest available information, including scientific and technical data.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The limit values set out in this Directive should be revised when necessary in accordance with the available information, including new scientific and technical data.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (‘the Committee’SCOEL)55 assists the Commission, in particular, in evaluating the latest available scientific and technical data and in proposing occupational exposure limit values for the protection of workers from chemical risks, to be set at Union level pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC56 and Directive 2004/37/EC. Other sources of scientific information, adequately robust and in the public domain were also considered, respectively those from the Agency for Committee on Safety and Health at Work (IARC) and from the national scientific committees. __________________ 55 Commission Decision 2014/113/EU of 3 March 2014 on setting up a Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents and repealing Decision 95/320/EC (OJ L 62, 4.3.2014, p. 18). 56 Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 131, 05.05.1998, p. 11).
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In accordance with the recommendations of the CommitteeSCOEL, where available, skin notations and/or limit values for the inhalation route of exposure are established in relation to a reference period of eight-hours time-weighted average (long-term exposure limit values) and, for certain carcinogens or mutagens, to shorter reference periods, in general fifteen minutes time-weighted average (short-term exposure limit values), to take account of the effects arising from short-term exposure.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is sufficient evidence of the carcinogenicity of oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine. These used engine oils are process-generated and therefore they are not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 . The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these oils, assessed that occupational exposure occurs through the dermal route and strongly recommended the establishment of a skin notation. It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake. __________________ 57 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).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) mixtures containing benzo[a]pyrene meet the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1A or 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore are carcinogens as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. The CommitteeSCOEL identified the possibility of significant uptake through the skin for these mixtures. It is therefore appropriate to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Trichloroethylene meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, to set limit values for trichloroethylene in relation to a reference period of eight hours (long-term limit value) and to a shorter reference period (15 minutes). The CommitteeSCOEL identified for this carcinogen the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish long- and short- term exposure limit values for trichloroethylene in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake. In light of evolving scientific evidence, the limit values for this substance will be kept under particularly close review.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) 4,4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for 4,4'-Methylenedianiline. The CommitteeSCOEL identified for this carcinogen the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value in Part A of Annex III for 4,4'- Methylenedianiline and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Epichlorohydrine (1-chloro-2,3- epoxypropane) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. The CommitteeSCOEL concluded that that is not possible to derive a health- based exposure limit value for this non- threshold carcinogen and has recommended avoiding occupational exposure. The CommitteeSCOEL identified for epichlorohydrine the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. The Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work ('ACSH') has agreed on a practical limit value, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for epichlorohydrine in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Ethylene dibromide (1,2- dibromoethane, EDB) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. The CommitteeSCOEL concluded that that is not possible to derive a health- based exposure limit value for this non- threshold carcinogen and has recommended avoiding occupational exposure. The CommitteeSCOEL identified for ethylene dibromide the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. The Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work ('ACSH') has agreed on a practical limit value, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for ethylene dibromide in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Ethylene dichloride (1,2- dichloroethane, EDC) meets the criteria for classification as carcinogenic (category 1B) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and therefore is a carcinogen as defined in Directive 2004/37/EC. It is possible, on the basis of the available information, including scientific and technical data, to set a limit value for ethylene dichloride. The CommitteeSCOEL identified for ethylene dichloride the possibility of significant uptake through the skin. It is therefore appropriate to establish a limit value for ethylene dichloride in Part A of Annex III and to set out a skin notation in Part B of Annex III to that Directive 2004/37/EC indicating the possibility of significant dermal uptake.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Commission consulted the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at WorkACSH, set up by Council Decision of 22 July 2003. It also carried out a two-stage consultation of the European social partners in accordance with Article 154 of the TFEU.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Since the objectives of this Directive, which are to improve living and working conditions and to protect the health of workers from the specific risks arising from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5(3) of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in Article 5(4) of the TEU, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.